5 Best Emerging Market Stocks to Buy Now

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1. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 72  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) manufactures, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices. It is one of the major emerging market stocks to invest in. On October 19, the chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor said that rising Taiwan-China and US-China tensions have brought more serious challenges for the semiconductor industry. On October 13, Taiwan Semiconductor said it had cut its capital expenditure 10% this year.

At the end of the second quarter of 2022, 72 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $9.2 billion in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM), compared to 81 in the preceding quarter worth $10 billion. 

In its Q2 2022 investor letter, Mercator International Opportunity fund, an asset management firm, highlighted a few stocks and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE: TSM) was one of them. Here is what the fund said:

“Another example of this buyers’ strike is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM)  (1.81%), down 40% from its high and trading at less than 15 times forward earnings. When TSM announced better-than-expected earnings growth of 67% in the second quarter with no slowdown in sight, the stock barely gained a few percentage points. No matter how good the news, buyers are not showing up. Yet.” 

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