Semiconductor ETFs Shining Amid Mixed Numbers in Q4 Earnings

While Intel $Intel(INTC.US)$ and Qualcomm $Qualcomm(QCOM.US)$ disappointed investors, Texas Instruments $Texas Instruments(TXN.US)$ , Lam Research Corporation $Lam Research(LRCX.US)$ and Advanced Micro Devices $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD.US)$ came up with solid earnings reports. As such, semiconductor ETFs remained strong over the past month with VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF $VanEck Semiconductor ETF(SMH.US)$ , iShares Semiconductor ETF $iShares Semiconductor ETF(SOXX.US)$ , Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF $INVESCO PHLX SEMICONDUCTOR ETF(SOXQ.US)$ , Invesco Dynamic Semiconductors ETF PSI and First Trust NASDAQ Semiconductor ETF $First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF(FTXL.US)$ rising 12.8%, 12.7%, 12.4%, 10.4% and 8.7%, respectively.