Taiwan stock index hits new high, but more than 1,000 stocks still lost money last year

Taiwan stocks have hit new highs repeatedly, but not every investor has made money. (File photo)

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] Taiwan stocks have hit new highs repeatedly, but is every investor making money? Taiwan stocks rose sharply today (5th), with the index challenging the 50,000-point mark. A netizen pointed out after statistics that even if the market rose significantly this year, after restoring the weights, there are still more than 1,000 stocks lower than last year's closing price; excluding some U.S. bond ETFs, inverse ETFs and other financial products, he estimated that at least about 800 companies would still have their stock prices fall this year. After the article was exposed, netizens discussed it hotly.

The original PO posted an article on PTT with the title "The market is almost 50,000, how many stocks can fall?" He pointed out that based on data from the Taiwan Stock Market Information Network, he used last year's closing price as a benchmark to observe the return rate of individual stocks this year, and found that there are still more than 1,000 stocks with a return rate below 0%.

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He said that even excluding financial products such as U.S. bond ETFs and inverse ETFs, he estimates that there are still about 800 companies that will see their stock prices fall this year.

The original PO said that there are currently about 2,000 OTC companies listed on the Taiwan stock market. In conversion, the stock prices of about one-third of the companies are still lower than the level at the end of last year. In comparison, the weighted index has risen sharply this year, which means that some investors have not only significantly underperformed the market, but their book assets are even still shrinking. I don’t know how desperate these shareholders feel...

He lamented that the market has risen by 70-80% this year but he is still losing money... He has no idea how much pain these people are feeling...?

After the article was exposed, it caused many discussions among netizens. Some netizens believe that the key lies in the "weighted index". Some people bluntly said, "The market is a weighted stock price index. I will explain your problem clearly at the beginning." Others pointed out that the impact of large-capitalization stocks on the index is much higher than that of ordinary stocks, so the rise in the index does not mean that most stocks are strengthening simultaneously.

Some netizens directly named them. This wave of funds is obviously concentrated in AI and related supply chains. "This wave of profits is also because of AI. Those who are not involved will naturally not make money." "Which of the top ten companies has nothing to do with AI." "If the traditional industry does not catch up with the AI ​​theme, then it will not be able to rise."

However, some netizens reminded that even for AI-related stocks, not every stock hit a high simultaneously, and the rise and fall of individual stocks cannot be explained simply by a single theme.

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