Longest Chip Selloff Since 2006 Earns Short Sellers $32 Billion

The longest semiconductor stock rout since 2006 has delivered roughly $32 billion in gains for short sellers. Investors betting against chipmakers profited as one of the US market's fastest-rising sectors fell.

• Chip stock selloff is the longest since 2006
• Short sellers gained about $32 billion from the decline
• Semiconductors had been among the fastest-rising US market segments