TechFlow News, June 8: Asian markets continued last week’s severe sell-off on Monday. South Korea’s KOSPI index plunged over 8%, with the semiconductor sector hit hardest. Mark Villan, Chief Investment Officer at Lucerne Asset Management, stated, “This move appears driven more by position- and momentum-strategy liquidations than by a reassessment of the long-term AI narrative.”
South Korean tech stocks have long ranked among the world’s strongest-performing equities, with market positions highly concentrated. Consequently, when interest-rate expectations shifted following last week’s nonfarm payroll report, these stocks naturally became a source of liquidity. The key question now is whether hyperscale companies’ AI spending will slow. At this stage, we have yet to see evidence of that.” (Jinshi)
