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iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on SOXX

What this diary said about iShares Semiconductor ETF, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

Charts from the desk on SOXX

The charts this diary drew or picked on iShares Semiconductor ETF, as published — each dated and linked to the piece that explains it.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for SOXX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 104 pieces · newest: Daily Pulse, “Cloudflare — The Put Comes Back 30 Dollars Lower and Three Months Longer” (2026-09-26)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where SOXX appears in the diary — 104 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

101 and glossary

Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.6% week · +7.5% month · +8.5% quarter · +40.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-26
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.71 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How SOXX has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.71 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), iShares Semiconductor ETF moved 0.71% on average · correlation 0.14 · higher than 71% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.02 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.18% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.06% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Semiconductor funds · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Semiconductor funds

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against SOXX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.08%, annual · last 0.44 USD on 2025-12-16

Dividends and capital return

What SOXX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.44 USD per share · a 0.08% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year −80.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.19 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.44 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2025-12-16
  • By calendar year 2024: 1.44 USD (partial) · 2025: 1.72 USD first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-03-21

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About iShares Semiconductor ETF

iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX)?

iShares Semiconductor ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading as SOXX on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

How does Closelooknet use SOXX?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote iShares Semiconductor ETF as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does SOXX trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +8.8% vs the 50-day and +27.7% vs the 200-day average, 12.7% below the 52-week high and +120.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does iShares Semiconductor ETF trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year iShares Semiconductor ETF had a beta of 0.71 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 71% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.18% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about iShares Semiconductor ETF?

iShares Semiconductor ETF appears in 104 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Daily Pulse: Cloudflare — The Put Comes Back 30 Dollars Lower and Three Months Longer (2026-09-26); Midday 10: Megacaps — Microsoft jumps 3.6%, Meta gives back 3.7%; oil sinks 4% on Iran-deal talk, the 30-year at 5.49% (2026-09-25); Morning 10: Rates — the 30-year hits its highest since 2004; Oracle and Arm sold, Meta and Intel bought, Nasdaq ends flat (2026-09-25). What Closelooknet said most recently: The week those books sat through: the chip index SOXX rose 7.4 percent and the Nasdaq 100 3.2 percent, while the equal-weight S&P fell 0.6 percent and small caps 0.7. (Daily Pulse, 2026-09-26). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

Does iShares Semiconductor ETF pay a dividend?

iShares Semiconductor ETF has paid 0.44 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 0.08% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.44 USD on 2025-12-16. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SOXX, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelooknet names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.