{"slug": "is-the-chip-stock-sell-off-becoming-a-chicken-or-the-egg-situation", "title": "Is the chip stock sell-off becoming a 'chicken or the egg' situation?", "summary": "Chip stocks continue to sell off after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's earnings failed to impress investors, raising questions about whether the sell-off is becoming a self-fulfilling cycle. The turmoil extends to memory chip maker SK Hynix following its US debut last week.", "body_md": "It's a mixed bag for US equity futures ([ES=F](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ES%3DF), [NQ=F](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/NQ%3DF), [YM=F](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/YM%3DF)) in Thursday's pre-market trading as chip stocks continue to sell-off, catalyzed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's ([TSM](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSM/)) failure to impress Wall Street investors with its robust earnings results.\n\nMorning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley and Business Insider Today executive editor Dan DeFrancesco to address the turmoil occurring in the AI and memory chip space, coming after SK Hynix's ([SKHY](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SKHY/), [000660.KS](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/000660.KS/)) US debut last week.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-the-chip-stock-sell-off-becoming-a-chicken-or-the-egg-situation", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/is-the-chip-stock-sell-off-becoming-a-chicken-or-the-egg-situation-133848380.html", "published_at": "2026-07-16 13:38:48+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-16 13:47:41.246719+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-chips", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company", "TSM", "SK Hynix", "SKHY", "Yahoo Finance", "Business Insider Today"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-the-chip-stock-sell-off-becoming-a-chicken-or-the-egg-situation", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-the-chip-stock-sell-off-becoming-a-chicken-or-the-egg-situation.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-the-chip-stock-sell-off-becoming-a-chicken-or-the-egg-situation.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-the-chip-stock-sell-off-becoming-a-chicken-or-the-egg-situation.jsonld"}}