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AfterQuery, an AI training data startup, has reached a $3.2 billion valuation in a new funding round, Forbes reported Monday, up from $300 million five months earlier. The 18-month-old company, founded by Spencer Mateega, 23, and Carlos Georgescu, 22, pays doctors, lawyers, engineers, and

Korean retail investors held 27.1% of the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (SOXL) market capitalization as of the end of last month, according to Korea Securities Depository data released on the 3rd. The 52.38 billion USD held by Korean investors in SOXL represents a dominant position in

South Korea's foreign exchange reserves reached $442.28 billion at the end of August, up $14.33 billion from July's $427.95 billion. The Bank of Korea reported on September 3 that the increase was primarily driven by a significant rise in foreign currency deposits at financial institutions,

KOSPI is expected to recover on September 3rd following a 3.99% decline to 6562.72 on September 2nd, supported by bargain hunting and a US market rebound. The anticipated recovery stems from stabilizing US Treasury yields and strong performance in AI-related stocks including NVIDIA. KOSPI200 night f

Daishin Securities upgraded its third-quarter operating profit forecast for Samsung Electro-Mechanics (ticker 009150) on the 3rd, projecting 636.3 billion won—surpassing both its prior estimate of 613 billion won and the market consensus of 596 billion won. The brokerage maintained its 'Buy' rating

John Lee of '존리의 부자학교' recommended ETF investing and stressed long-term accumulation over quick profits on YouTube channel '새멋TV' on the 2nd. Lee addressed concerns after reports of young investors losing money in stocks. The video titled 'What You Must Know If Investing in Stocks for Retirement

Meritz Securities lowered its target price for Korea Circuit from 170,000 won to 90,000 won while maintaining a 'buy' rating, citing weaker-than-expected earnings through Q3 before anticipated Q4 recovery. The brokerage reported that Korea Circuit's Q2 consolidated revenue reached 407.2 billion won,

The Bank of Korea forecasts that South Korea's lead over China in advanced memory semiconductor production will widen over the next 3 to 5 years, according to a report released by the BOK's China Economic Team on September 3. The projection comes as China's semiconductor exports doubled in the

Broadcom reported quarterly revenue of $29.59 billion and earnings per share of $3.32, with CEO Hock Tan projecting AI-related revenue will double to $110 billion next year and double again the following year. The earnings announcement came as US stocks rebounded after four trading days of

Humax Holdings approved a merger with its subsidiary Humax on August 28 at an extraordinary shareholders meeting, with the merger taking effect October 1. The decision came after Humax Holdings' market capitalization remained below the 20 billion won threshold starting March 6, triggering

SK Securities maintained its 'Buy' rating and ₩33,000 target price for Lotte Holdings (004990), citing the Korean stock's high dividend yield and improving group-level profitability as key support factors. Analyst Choi Kwan-soon stated that the current stock price trades at a 29.5% discount to net a

Equinix announced a partnership with Nvidia on Wednesday that enables customers to run AI models on open-source cloud platform Together AI through a new service called Equinix Inference Exchange. The data center colocation provider's stock has risen 33% this year, pushing its market cap to $100

The FBI seized approximately $560,000 in cryptocurrency and took control of online infrastructure allegedly used by Hamas to collect donations, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Investigators traced and confiscated the funds under three warrants dated March 25, June 25, and

Mirae Asset Group decided to retain Oh Se-jin as CEO of DigitalX, the crypto exchange it recently acquired. The decision maintains existing management continuity as Oh's term was guaranteed until the end of 2028 prior to the acquisition. Mirae Asset's internal assessment recognizes Oh's industry

Korean equal-weight exchange-traded funds outperformed traditional market-capitalization-weighted ETFs during the period from July 1 to September 1, as semiconductor stock volatility roiled markets. KODEX 200 Equal Weight rose 2.34% while KODEX 200 fell -22.15% over the same period, despite

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE) stock plunged 46% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company announced its experimental Angelman syndrome drug apazunersen failed a late-stage clinical trial. The stock closed regular trading at $26.53 before sliding into the mid-teens after hours. The late-s

The US dollar weakened on September 2nd as the yen surged and the Canadian dollar strengthened, with USD-JPY falling 0.909% to 158.769. By 4pm Eastern Time, the dollar index declined 0.120% to 99.565. The yen's sudden rally triggered market speculation of a rate check by Japanese authorities,

The US dollar weakened on September 2nd as the Japanese yen surged and the Canadian dollar strengthened, with the dollar index (DXY) falling 0.120 points to 99.565 at 4pm ET. The USD-JPY exchange rate dropped 1.457 yen (0.909%) to 158.769 yen amid speculation that Japanese authorities conducted a ra

Full Sail, a decentralized finance protocol on the Sui blockchain, announced Tuesday it is shutting down operations after a security incident involving oracle provider Switchboard caused approximately $91,000 in losses across three automated vaults. The protocol disclosed the incident Saturday and i