Taiwan's savers still want to put money into their home market, but confidence in the wider economy is cooling as the Iran conflict pushes up oil prices.

• 57% of people surveyed say Taiwan's stock market is where they most want to invest over the next six months, with U.S. stocks a distant second at 24%.
• The main reasons: they think Taiwanese companies will keep making money and the economy is on solid ground.
• Confidence indexes for the economy, big purchases, and appetite for risk all fell this month.
• Fighting between the U.S. and Iran around the Strait of Hormuz is driving oil higher, raising fears of inflation and Fed rate hikes.
• Ordinary people expect slower growth and higher inflation this year than the government's official forecast.

Outlook: Taiwan's market is likely to keep swinging with global sentiment, and confidence will hinge on whether the Hormuz standoff eases and oil prices fall back.