Investors who have owned stocks in the last year have generally experienced some big gains. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust total return over the last 12 months is 26.2 percent. But there is no question some big-name stocks performed better than others along the way. Taiwan Semiconductor’s Bumpy Ride One company that has been a disappointing investment in the past year has been chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. A global semiconductor shortage has created a favorable pricing environment for Taiwan Semiconductor in the past couple of years. However, the company is also facing some potential headwinds that have weighed on the stock’s performance. Taiwan reportedly accounts for about 65 percent of the world’s semiconductor manufacturing. Taiwan Semiconductor is in the process of building a new fab in Arizona, where it will manufacture 20,000 5-nanometer chips per month at full capacity. Unfortunately, that will only account for about 2 …