For Dorian Hsu, Taiwan’s stock boom had looked like a chance to get ahead. The 33-year-old office worker poured his savings into stocks and borrowed $62,000 through an unsecured loan to double down on leveraged bets tied to the benchmark index.
Source: [Bloomberg Markets](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-05/day-traders-hammered-by-stock-market-slump-double-down-in-taiwan)