This week, Asian markets are telling three different stories at once — and all three matter. In Taiwan and South Korea, the AI chip trade is roaring back to life: TSMC just posted its best sales month on record, and Samsung and SK Hynix are rebounding after a genuinely wild stretch of trading. In Australia, … Read more
If you follow Asian markets even loosely, this is the week to pay attention. A renewed conflict in the Middle East has pushed oil prices back above $100 a barrel, and that single fact is rippling through everything from Japanese factory costs to Indian stock valuations. At the same time, the region is heading into … Read more
This week’s top Asian stocks to watch are led by Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC), Samsung Electronics, Alibaba, and Tencent, all reacting to major earnings or regulatory news. The big story: Japan’s AI-hardware stocks (SoftBank, Tokyo Electron, Advantest, Kioxia) are sliding after a sharp valuation reset, while Hong Kong-listed Chinese internet names are rallying after China approved … Read more
Asian stock markets have had a remarkable run in 2026. Japan’s Nikkei 225 is up roughly a third for the year and keeps setting fresh records. Singapore’s benchmark index just notched its fifth all-time high in a matter of weeks. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is riding its sharpest rotation into Chinese technology stocks in ten … Read more
If you glanced at Asian markets on Thursday, July 2, 2026, you would have seen one of the sharpest single-day selloffs of the year: South Korea’s KOSPI fell nearly 8%, Samsung Electronics dropped 9.1%, and SK Hynix tumbled almost 15%, wiping out roughly $290 billion in combined market value in a matter of hours. Japan’s … Read more