🚨 FOREIGN MONEY IS FLEEING ASIA
📊 Foreign investors have sold a net ~$52 billion in stocks in emerging markets in Asia (excluding China) just in March — the largest capital outflow ever recorded.$ON
This figure:
• Is +49% higher than the COVID 2020 record
• Is +148% higher than the Russia–Ukraine crisis in 2022
📉 The strongest capital outflows are in:$C
• Taiwan
• South Korea
• India
These are all economies that heavily depend on oil imports.$SIREN
⚠️ Context:
Asia consumes about ~80% of the oil that passes through the Strait of Hormuz — a chokepoint being disrupted by conflict.
When energy is squeezed, capital flows out first — and the market is reflecting that.