Regime
Semiconductor leadership
Cycle turn · dollar up
Semiconductor concentration inside country weights amplifies IEMG versus SCHF divergence
1
AI & cloud capex
memory + foundry demand
Samsung
memory
Hynix
HBM
TSMC
foundry
Korea
Korea
Taiwan
2
Index classification
EM vs DM weights
heavy pipe
Korea + Taiwan
thin pipe
Korea only
IEMG · emerging markets
Korea · semis
Taiwan · semis
China
India
Rest of EM
SCHF · developed ex-US
Japan
UK
France
Canada
Korea · semis
no Taiwan in DM
IEMG
amplified both ways
semis lead
cycle turn · dollar up
3
4
SCHF
muted swing