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- An analyst expresses concern about a potential Chinese takeover of Taiwan, specifically focusing on the impact on TSMC and AI-related stocks within broad market index funds like VT and VTI. The analyst fears a significant market downturn and seeks hedging strategies due to perceived geopolitical risks and concentration in AI-driven equities. This scenario presents a strongly bearish outlook for US equities due to supply chain disruptions and geopolitical instability.
I keep hearing that the US has lost its deterrence and superiority against China and that Xi is looking to take over Taiwan especially after seeing US-Iran war.
How much would this impact stocks and index funds like VT? I have a big (to me) chunk of cash I want to put into the market but I am worried it will go down as soon as I put it in. With TSMC chips being so central to AI and index funds like VTI, VT being concentrated in and elevated by AI right now, is there an investment with which one can hedge against this possibility ?