People across Taiwan are taking out loans and even remortgaging their homes to chase gains in an AI-fuelled stock boom — and not everyone is coming out ahead.
According to Euronews, as reported by ChainCatcher, Taiwan's stock market surged 59% in the first half of this year due to a sharp increase in demand for AI hardware, with chip giants like TSMC playing a major role. Driven by expectations of high returns, many ordinary people borrowed money to enter the market through bank loans and mortgages, resulting in a nearly 20% increase in margin trading volume compared to the first half of the year. Som…