After Memory, CPU and PCB: Samsung Electronics Foundry Is Also Reviving / Is a 5-Year Major Trend Beginning for Semiconductor Equipment and Substrate Stocks? | CEO Lee Kwon-hee

Next after memory is CPU and PCB… Samsung Electronics Foundry is also reviving / Is a '5-year major trend' for semiconductor equipment and substrate stocks beginning? | CEO Lee Gwon-hui
Watch on YouTube ↗  |  September 09, 2026 at 05:00  |  25:14  |  815 Money Talk (815머니톡)
Speakers
Lee Kwon-hee — CEO, Economist

Summary

Lee Kwon-hee discusses how Middle East instability is affecting Korean markets and why AI/semiconductor names are holding up. He sees AI funds rotating from software into hardware, with CPU, optical, equipment, substrate, and foundry names benefiting. He highlights SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Korean equipment ETFs, and substrate names like Simmtech/TLB as ways to position for the trend. He also notes won-strength beneficiaries and Treasury buyback support.

  • Middle East escalation targets Red Sea/Hormuz and pressures US oil and Treasury yields.
  • AI hardware is rotating from memory into CPU, optical, neo-cloud, and substrate names.
  • SK Hynix is narrowing its valuation discount to Micron on HBM4.
  • Samsung Electronics foundry is improving with full US fab bookings.
  • Korean semiconductor equipment/materials ETF is recommended as a 10% portfolio allocation.
  • SK Telecom and Naver are re-rating as AI infrastructure plays.
  • Substrate makers Simmtech/TLB and component makers Samsung Electro-Mechanics/LG Innotek are supported by CPU/substrate demand.
Ideas
Lee Kwon-hee CEO, Economist 2:52
Strong won favors Korean importers.
USD/KRW has fallen into the 1,330s while WTI rose to the $94 area, so companies that import raw materials get cost relief from the stronger won. Lee says oil refining/petrochemical, airlines, steel, and KEPCO are beneficiaries because the currency effect is currently stronger than the oil-price drag.
Korean oil refining/petrochemical sector Korean airlines Korean Steel Sector MED
Lee Kwon-hee CEO, Economist 4:44
Treasury buyback supports long-term bonds.
Long-term US Treasury yields keep getting pushed back down because the US Treasury begins buybacks today, effectively removing long-duration supply from the market. Lee views the reduced floating supply as supportive for long-term Treasury prices.
TLT MED
Lee Kwon-hee CEO, Economist 9:43
Broadcom TPU demand from Anthropic.
Broadcom is gaining momentum because its TPU silicon is reportedly used heavily by Anthropic; this TPU demand gives it specific AI-hardware upside even as Nvidia faces customer concerns.
AVGO MED
Lee Kwon-hee CEO, Economist 10:11
AI funds rotate into hardware.
AI money is rotating out of software and into AI hardware. After memory rallied, the market is rotating into CPU/design names, optical communications, Astera Labs-driven hardware, and neo-cloud names, while software names sold off.
AMD INTC LITE CRWV ARM COHR ALAB NBIS HIGH
Lee Kwon-hee CEO, Economist 14:42
Foreign buying on index inclusion.
Foreigners bought Jusung Engineering heavily on expectation that the stock will be included in a semiconductor equipment index during rebalancing, and the company is tied to SK Hynix as a first-generation equipment name.
036930.KQ MED
Lee Kwon-hee CEO, Economist 21:00
Buy diversified semiconductor equipment ETF.
Semiconductor equipment and materials should be roughly a 10% portfolio weight. Lee says investors should buy a diversified semiconductor equipment/materials ETF rather than trying to time front-end vs back-end, because the entire equipment complex will benefit in rotation as AI capacity buildout continues toward 2030.
Korean semiconductor equipment/materials ETF HIGH
Lee Kwon-hee CEO, Economist 22:08
Substrate demand from AI CPU growth.
CPU strength and larger AI package/substrate sizes are driving Korean substrate demand. Simmtech and TLB received bullish target prices on expanding substrate sales and rising non-memory package mix, and Samsung Electronics telling suppliers to add substrate capacity is a major signal. Substrate makers are expanding only with secured long-term orders, so Samsung Electro-Mechanics and LG Innotek have little to worry about.
TLB KS 222800.KQ HIGH
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This 815 Money Talk (815머니톡) video, published September 09, 2026, features Lee Kwon-hee discussing Korean oil refining/petrochemical sector, Korean airlines, Korean Steel Sector, TLT, AVGO, AMD, INTC, LITE, CRWV, ARM, COHR, ALAB, NBIS, 036930.KQ, Korean semiconductor equipment/materials ETF, TLB, KS, 222800.KQ. 7 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Lee Kwon-hee  · Tickers: Korean oil refining/petrochemical sector, Korean airlines, Korean Steel Sector, TLT, AVGO, AMD, INTC, LITE, CRWV, ARM, COHR, ALAB, NBIS, 036930.KQ, Korean semiconductor equipment/materials ETF, TLB, KS, 222800.KQ