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Woori Asset Management's 'WON US Aerospace & Defense' ETF recorded a 1-year return of 57.65% as of the 3rd, according to Koscom ETF Check. Launched in August 2022, the fund has attracted investor attention following SpaceX's initial public offering, with shorter-term performance showing gains of 5.3

Korean listed companies conducted 243 stock consolidations from Feb 12 to this month's 2nd, a 24-fold increase from 4 cases in the same 2024 period and 10 cases in 2025, according to securities industry data released on the 5th. The surge follows stricter delisting rules that took effect from the 1s

SK Hynix is negotiating a 0.5% underwriter fee structure with Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase for its planned US American Depositary Receipt (ADR) listing this month. Bloomberg reports citing multiple sources state the South Korean semiconductor manufacturer aims to

Newly listed South Korean stocks saw sharp declines in the first half of the year. According to the Korea Exchange on the 5th, 14 out of 18 companies that went public through general offerings now trade below their initial public offering (IPO) prices. Market analysts attribute the weakness to

Okta, a digital identity security company, saw its stock close at $141.42 on July 2 (local time), marking a 69.08% surge year-to-date as investor attention intensifies. The rally is driven by growing demand for security solutions amid the expansion of AI agents and cloud services. Okta specializes i

Korean retail investors holding single-stock leveraged ETFs suffered mounting losses within one month of product launch, with KODEX Samsung Electronics Single Stock Leverage ETF falling 10.75% while Samsung Electronics stock rose 0.81% during the same period. The losses stem from negative

Individual investors poured over 2 trillion won into domestic stock covered call ETFs this year as volatile market conditions drove demand for products offering monthly dividends and downside protection. Samsung Asset Management's KODEX 200 Target Weekly Covered Call received 2.0199 trillion won in

South Korean semiconductor ETFs showed diverging performance, with front-end and back-end segment funds experiencing a gap exceeding 30 percentage points. According to Korea Exchange data as of the 5th, SOL Semiconductor Front-End ETF recorded a 16.39% return over the recent one-month period,

Hong Kong-based CSOP Asset Management expanded its Korean stock investments last month with the launch of a KOSPI 200 ETF, following the success of its SK Hynix leverage product that became the world's largest single-stock leverage ETF. The firm's '2X SK Hynix Daily Leverage' ETF, launched in

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will release Q2 2026 earnings results between July 7 and July 29, with combined operating profit estimates reaching 149.04 trillion won according to analyst consensus compiled by EpicAI. The announcements come as Korean listed companies are projected to report a

Gold futures for August delivery closed at $4183.10 per ounce on July 2nd (local time) at the New York Mercantile Exchange, according to Investing.com. The second quarter of 2025 marked the poorest performance in 13 years, with gold futures declining 13.4%—the steepest quarterly drop since

Japan has launched its first domestic program to recycle rare earth elements from废弃 home air conditioners, led by Mitsubishi Electric, as China continues strengthening rare earth export controls. The initiative extracts rare earth materials from permanent magnets inside compressor units of outdoor a

Brazilian Federal Police launched Operation Exchange on Friday, disrupting a money laundering network linked to the Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) that used cryptocurrency and cash to launder illicit funds transferred from Florida to Brazil.

Korean retail investors shifted focus from Magnificent 7 tech giants to semiconductor and infrastructure stocks during the week of June 26-July 2, with Micron topping net purchase rankings at $271.33 million. The investment rotation reflects the emergence of 'Parabolic 7' (P7) - Micron, SanDisk,

Macro investor Jordi Visser said on Saturday that Bitcoin reclaiming its 200-day moving average would trigger 'the beginning of the next phase of crypto.' Speaking on Anthony Pompliano's podcast, Visser specified this threshold as 'north of 70' thousand dollars, potentially occurring in the second h

Kang Hoon-sik, Presidential Chief of Staff, announced on the 5th that the Lee Jae-myung administration will pursue the establishment of a Future Response Fund to utilize surplus tax revenue as investment resources for future generations. The announcement came during a high-level party-government

Korea Investment & Securities led the H1 2026 acquisition financing and refinancing market with 1.9426 trillion won in deal volume across 12 transactions, according to Seoul Economic Daily's league table released on July 5. Hana Bank maintained second place with 1.5195 trillion won from 7 deals

South Korea's five major cryptocurrency exchanges recorded 165 disclosure corrections from 2022 to May of this year, with Coinone revealing it maintains no systematic tracking of modification history, according to Financial Supervisory Service data submitted to lawmaker Min Byung-deok's office.

Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, told FOX Business host Stuart Varney this week that he plans to hold his bitcoin position regardless of further declines, despite sitting on millions in unrealized losses. Portnoy bought bitcoin near $100,000 and now faces a roughly 50% drawdown as BTC

US President Donald Trump traded Coupang stocks multiple times between October last year and May this year, according to financial disclosure documents released by the US Office of Government Ethics (OGE) on July 4 local time. The filings