Foreign-Institutional Inflows and Outflows: Deciphering “Smart Money” Footprints in Taiwan Blue-Chip Stocks In Taiwan stock market, Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFIIs) serve as critical marginal capital for large-cap weight stocks.
Taking Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC, 2330.TW) as an example, statistics from the TEJ Broker Trading Database show that from 2023 to May 2026, an average of 57% of TSMC’s daily trading volume originated from foreign institutional brokers.
This indicates that the asset allocation direction and trading dynamics of foreign capital exert a significant influence on the pricing of large-cap stocks.
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