Anonymous5 days ago
A convergence of Middle East escalation, a Wall Street tech selloff, and extreme index concentration in AI chip stocks triggered the worst week for Asian equities since March 2026, with South Korea's KOSPI plunging over 13% and tripping circuit breakers. The crash laid bare a structural vulnerability: just three companies — TSMC, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix — now account for roughly a third of MSCI's Asia Pacific ex-Japan index, meaning hundreds of billions in passive capital is effectively a leveraged bet on a single supply chain.