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A Motley Fool projection, reported by BigGo Finance, says US$1,000 invested in TSMC could grow to US$1,750 to US$2,000 by the end of 2029. That would require annualised growth of roughly 20.5% to 26%, an ambitious target for a company already valued above US$2.1 trillion.

Why it matters

The argument rests on TSMC’s central role in the AI hardware supply chain. BigGo says the foundry controls about 73% of the third-party market, up from 68% at the start of 2025, and more than 90% of advanced-process chip production. The company manufactures processors designed by major cloud and technology firms, so continued AI infrastructure spending would feed directly into demand for its capacity. That is an investment thesis, not a forecast carved into silicon. The projection depends on revenue growth, chip demand, market valuations and the AI spending boom continuing at pace. Past returns do not guarantee future performance, and even the source’s confident sign-off cannot make a stock-market prediction behave itself.

Discuss: Should TSMC’s manufacturing dominance make it the safer AI investment, or does the current valuation leave too little room for disappointment?

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