Taiwan and South Korea Now Top 10 Stock Markets as Tech Boom Reshuffles Global Rankings

Taiwan has moved into the world's sixth-largest stock market, while South Korea jumped to eighth. Both surged thanks to semiconductor and AI infrastructure gains. Taiwan's TSMC and South Korea's Samsung—each worth $1 trillion—led the climb. This matters: ordinary investors in global index funds are getting bigger bets on tech and smaller exposure to traditional developed markets.