TSMC is poised to release its Q3 earnings report next week. The company is likely to excel, with both revenue and gross margins expected to defeat consensus supported by strong July-August sales data. TSMC is due to release its September sales data and the figures could offer some insight into wider semiconductor demand. We turn to Debby Wu, Team Leader for North Asia Technology at Bloomberg News.

Plus, US stocks closed at a record on Wednesday, thanks to shares benefiting from the artificial-intelligence boom as traders parsed minutes from the Federal Reserve’s September meeting that showed a willingness to lower interest rates further this year. For more, we turn to Chuck Lieberman, Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Advisors Capital Management.