Among all Asian countries Taiwan's firms are the most active in raising capital. In addition, overseas players are large net investors in the Taiwan stock market. This is due in part to growing optimism as the world's stock markets emerge from the shadow of three bad years, and in part to the fact that foreign investors are looking positively at the prospects of Taiwan's economy.
根據統計，今年以來台灣上市公司從國際市場募得資金超過七十二億美元，是亞洲國家中籌資行動最積極者，加上外資亦在台灣股市大舉買超，顯示除了全球股市走出三年空頭陰影的客觀環境變化外，外資也看好台灣產業發展前景。