The spark for the recent wildfire of foreign investment came last April. At that time, the US investment firm Morgan Stanley, guided by the ROC government, announced it would list more than 70 Taiwan firms in their "emerging markets free index," which is provided worldwide as a reference.
事實上，這一波行情起自國外，導火線正是去年四月間開始醞釀的「摩根行情」﹘﹘美國摩根史坦利機構在政府穿針引線下，將七十多家台灣上市公司股票納入它旗下的「新興市場自由指數」，供世界各國的投資人作為參考。