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Mar 17, 2026 12:00 PM

Billionaire Investor Rotates Chip Stakes: Slashes TSM, Loads Up On Nvidia

Hedge fund billionaire Daniel Loeb reshuffled his stake in the semiconductor industry at Third Point LLC in the fourth quarter of FY25.

As of Dec. 31, 2025, Loeb sharply reduced Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (NYSE:TSM) from about 1.1 million shares to 425,000 shares.

Meanwhile, he raised his stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) to 2.95 million in the quarter, up from 2.85 million.

NVDA: Strong Earnings Beat & AI Investments

Nvidia reported fourth-quarter revenue of $68.13 billion beating a consensus estimate of $66.0 billion. The company reported quarterly earnings per share of $1.62, beating a consensus estimate of $1.53.

The company expects first-quarter revenue of $76.44 billion to $79.56 billion, versus a Street estimate of $71.96 billion.

The company plans to invest $26 billion over the next five years to develop open-source artificial intelligence models, signaling a major shift in strategy beyond its core chip business.

Nvidia announced a “sovereign AI OS reference architecture” partnership with Palantir Technologies.

The company planned to invest $2 billion in Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS), reflecting confidence in Nebius's business and unique depth of engineering expertise across the full AI technology stack.

Also, it is doubling down on artificial intelligence infrastructure with a $4 billion investment in optical networking companies and a new push into 6G.

Nvidia has committed to investing $2 billion in Lumentum to support research and development and future manufacturing capacity, which are crucial