Exposure to positive and negative themes Analysis of exposure of MSCI country indices to 18 global themes shows Taiwan and Korea have the most exposure to positive themes, while India has exposure to negative themes. Taiwan stocks provide exposure to AI Compute, Data Centre & Infrastructure, Robotics, and Energy Storage which are all highly ranked based on Triple Momentum (earnings, price, news). Korea also provides exposure to AI Compute and Energy Storage. In contrast, other countries in Asia have exposure to lower-ranked themes including India (Consulting), China (AI Data & Platforms), and Hong Kong (Luxury Lifestyle). Long-only funds are positioned for AI outperformance Active long-only funds globally are now overweight Asia by the largest amount in five years. Funds remain most overweight Taiwan and Korea, and underweight India and Australia, according to our analysis of 4,021 funds managing $2.5 trillion in Asia equities. By Asia sector, funds are most overweight Semiconductors and Tech Hardware. Funds appear well positioned for AI outperformance but may be exposed if that theme fades. Top-ranked stocks in Asia In APxJ, Positive Triple Momentum stocks (Q1) have outperformed Negative Triple Momentum stocks (Q5) by 11.0% per annum since 2004. Currently, the top-ranked stocks (minimum $20bn market cap and $20bn ADTV) are Yuanta Financial, SK Inc, Nan Ya Plastics, Elite Material, Yageo, Hyundai Heavy, Wiwynn, CTBC Financial, Accton Tech, LG Electronics, Asia Vital Electronics, Chroma ATE, and United Microelectronics.