A survey published by ING Investment Management Asia/Pacific appears to show
that 43-per cent of investors in Taiwan expect the country's economic
situation to improve in the second quarter of 2009.
The percentage represents an upswing of 29-percentage points from the
previous survey - which was conducted in December of 2008 - and in which
only 14-per cent of Taiwanese investors predicted the situation would be
better in the first quarter of 2009.
The increase is the highest seen among the 13 Asia-Pacific markets surveyed
- which included China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia Singapore and Australia.
The increase moved the index from "pessimistic" back into the "neutral"
category - with an ING spokesperson saying that the optimistic sentiment of
Taiwanese investors is reflected in their expectations for the stock market
and stock investment returns.
Apr 17, 2009
It can't all be that bad
Some seemingly good news on the economic front, though I think the optimism in both the US and Taiwan right now is rather unfounded ...
[it's] always good to be optimistic, man...if I weren't, don't think I could do a lot of the things I do (e.g. study Taiwan). Maybe we [U.S., Taiwan, the world] are a few years off from even beginning to recover, but it will eventually happen...so no use being pessimistic about something that will eventually be better :D
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