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Korea and Taiwan back in favour as BlackRock lifts emerging markets to overweight
The upgrade marks the second reversal in BlackRock's emerging-market stance this year, having downgraded the asset class to neutral in June over concerns that Taiwan and South Korea carried overlapping AI concentration risk through the same semiconductor supply chain. Naming Korea and Taiwan again,
Why it matters
EEM (Emerging Markets) · Why linked: BlackRock explicitly upgraded emerging markets to overweight, directly impacting EM ETF flows Market context: Bullish — major asset manager overweight call typically attracts institutional inflows
EWY (iShares MSCI South Korea ETF) · Why linked: South Korea is specifically mentioned as a favored market in BlackRock's upgrade Market context: Bullish — explicit mention of Korea as favored should drive positive sentiment and inflows
EWT (iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF) · Why linked: Taiwan is specifically mentioned as a favored market in BlackRock's upgrade Market context: Bullish — explicit mention of Taiwan as favored should drive positive sentiment and inflows
TSM (TSMC) · Why linked: Taiwan's market is heavily weighted by semiconductor names like TSMC, benefiting from EM overweight Market context: Bullish — improved EM sentiment and Taiwan-specific overweight lift Taiwan's flagship stock
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