Foreign Investors Flood Taiwan Stocks in Biggest AI Chip Bet in 20 Years
Global funds poured $2.77B into Taiwanese equities in a single day, the largest buying spree since 2005.
Foreign investors just made a massive bet on AI-powered chipmaking. On February 24, overseas funds scooped up a net $2.77 billion in Taiwanese stocks — the biggest single-day buying spree in nearly two decades.
The last time global money flowed into Taiwan's equity market this aggressively was back in December 2005. That's a long time between records.
The signal is clear: international capital is increasingly convinced that Taiwan's semiconductor industry sits at the heart of the AI boom. Chipmakers dominate the island's stock market, and investors are positioning themselves accordingly.
The sheer scale of the buy-in suggests this isn't just routine portfolio rebalancing. It's a concentrated wager that AI-driven chip demand still has serious runway ahead — and that Taiwan remains the place to capture it.