Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was once considered a stable long-term investment on the semiconductor market. But over the past 10 years, the chipmaker's stock declined 26%. Even with reinvested dividends, it delivered a negative total return of 4%.

Intel's removal from the Dow doesn't really impact the business, but it will lead exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track the Dow to sell the stock when the Dow makes the switch on Nov. 8. That's not as significant as being removed from the S&P 500 since not as many ETFs follow the Dow, but it still leads to greater supply and less demand.

Intel stock is falling today amid concerns that the company might not get funding that it's slated to receive as part of the CHIPS Act. In particular, recent reports appear to have investors worried that the company may not move ahead with the planned construction of a semiconductor fabrication plant in Ohio.

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock is seeing significant gains in Wednesday's trading. The semiconductor company's share price was up 3.5% as of 2:15 p.m. ET and had been up as much as 3.8% earlier in the daily sessions.