Shares of semiconductors and AI-exposed tech companies extended strong gains through the week of Sept. 25, bolstering the track records of a suite of AI-curated stock strategies that have outperformed the broader market by wide margins.
The Tech Titans strategy, which launched in November 2023, reached a month-to-date return of 10.89%, compared with 0.98% for the S&P 500. Total returns climbed above 212%, with the strategy registering a 128.47% outperformance over its benchmark since inception, according to data from InvestingPro’s ProPicks AI platform. Fourteen of its 15 individual picks closed higher.
Individual names delivered standout moves. Marvell Technology surged 14.2% for the week and climbed 23.08% in September. Advanced Micro Devices jumped 21.7%, while Intel rose 22.6%. Arm Holdings gained 17.16% in a single session, pushing its September total return to 37.51%.
Qualcomm, which carries a $45 billion design-win pipeline and reported 38% automotive revenue growth, rallied 17.23% in September. MediaTek posted a 262.91% rally since it was first selected, and Consensus Cloud Solutions advanced 65.59% after its pick.
On the fundamentals side, Marvell’s data-center business now accounts for 76% of sales and carries a PEG ratio of 0.12. Consensus Cloud Solutions reported 80% gross margins and 42% operating margins. At Arm, CEO Rene Haas said demand across data centers, automotive robotics, and edge computing was "off the charts," with more than $2 billion in committed orders for the company’s emerging AGI CPU business.
Other AI-driven strategies also extended their leads. The Beat the S&P 500 strategy returned 7.97% month-to-date versus 0.95% for the index. The Energy Elite strategy outpaced its benchmark by 37% year-to-date, and the Mid Cap Movers strategy beat its comparison by 21%.
The stock rally comes as macro conditions remain supportive. The August ISM manufacturing index came in at 54.6, firmly in expansion territory. Investors are now looking ahead to a dense data week: the August JOLTS report on Sept. 29, personal income and spending data including the PCE inflation gauge on Sept. 30, the September ISM manufacturing survey on Oct. 1, and the September jobs report on Oct. 2.
