Looking at the past, the last wave of stock fever--with its tidal wave cresting past the 10,000 mark, then falling with devastating force--ended up in a massive redistribution of wealth in Taiwan. When the market is unhealthy, it can be manipulated, and naturally the rich ended up richer and the poor, poorer. Moreover, the huge financial losses of the last cycle disrupted countless families and bankrupted many businesses.
撫昔憶往，上一波股市狂飆，上沖下洗、震盪萬點的結果，造成民間財富的重分配；當時股市不健全，人為操控下，自然是貧者越貧、富者越富，而龐大的虧損則造成無數家庭失和、百業蕭條。