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Good morning. A 77 per cent increase in second-quarter earnings from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co was not enough to boost its shares, those of the chip industry generally or indeed the Nasdaq 100. All of those fell yesterday. TSMC is the world’s most irreplaceable company and it is firing on all cylinders. However high its flying, though, expectations are flying higher. More ruminations on this theme below. Email us: unhedged@ft.com.