{"id":249997,"date":"2026-05-19T22:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/global-market-reordering-is-accelerating-as-the-ai-rally-gains-pace\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T01:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:25:15","slug":"global-market-reordering-is-accelerating-as-the-ai-rally-gains-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/global-market-reordering-is-accelerating-as-the-ai-rally-gains-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Global market reordering is accelerating as the AI rally gains pace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global market reordering is accelerating as the AI rally gains pace<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/20\/global-market-reordering-is-accelerating-as-the-ai-rally-gains-pace.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-19 22:38:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cnbc.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Wall Street bull stands in the financial district near the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 18, 2025 in New York City.<\/p>\n

Spencer Platt | Getty Images<\/p>\n

A global reshuffling in stock-market hierarchy is underway, with artificial intelligence redrawing the pecking order of equity markets and propelling Taiwan and South Korea past several long-established Western bourses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taiwan has overtaken Canada to become the world’s sixth-largest stock market, while South Korea has leapfrogged the U.K. into eighth place, according to HSBC data tracking global equity-market capitalization rankings. It’s the latest demonstration of how the AI boom is concentrating market power in economies sitting at the center of the semiconductor supply chain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taiwan’s stock market was only the world’s 12th largest in 2004, worth roughly $500 billion. South Korea ranked 13th at $400 billion. Today, the two markets are valued at $4.7 trillion and $4.4 trillion respectively. The top five are the U.S., China, Japan, Hong Kong and India.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A reshuffling like this isn’t unprecedented. China entered the top tier of global markets in the late 2000s, while India surpassed Hong Kong in late 2023 before falling back below it.<\/p>\n

That said, the ascent of South Korea and Taiwan is striking.<\/p>\n

“What is unusual here is the speed and how narrow the drivers are,” said Billy Leung, global investment strategist at Global X ETFs. “Top 10 reshuffles happen roughly every cycle, but usually on the back of a domestic boom, a big IPO, or many years of outperformance.” <\/p>\n

The rally has been driven by an extraordinary concentration of capital into a handful of AI-linked firms. TSMC alone now accounts for more than 40% of Taiwan’s market capitalization, while Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix together make up a record 42.2% of South Korea’s Kospi index.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Top 10 reshuffles happen roughly every cycle but usually on the back of a domestic boom, a big IPO, or many years of outperformance.<\/p>\n

“Both indices have effectively become AI and…<\/p>\n

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