Why does everyone think Taiwan is poor?

[Andrew]

@Taiwan_Luthiers

10,000 USD is not going to matter a whole lot anyways, might as well keep it in the bank.

You were talking literally two days ago about wanting to invest one twenty-fifth of that (US$15 every two weeks = $390 annually) rather than leaving it in a savings account.

@Taiwan_Luthiers

I could build a nest or some such buying one share or so a month. Not looking for huge gains, just something that gains more than interest rate on savings account.

@Taiwan_Luthiers

My idea would be to buy shares in large, damn near impossible to fail companies, like GE or something, and just invest something like 15 USD every 2 weeks. I am not sure how to do this in Taiwan, and it seems fractional trading in Taiwan, while allowed, seems not worth the effort. When I asked Taiwanese friends about this they say “go big or go home”.