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SK Hynix stock recently declined, prompting investors to circulate a '3 million won Hynix bingo card' meme outlining 9 conditions required for the stock to return to 3 million won. TSMC reports earnings on the 16th, with market participants viewing the results as a key test of AI demand

Michael Gao, CEO and Co-Founder of RedotPay, explained how regulatory frameworks including MiCA, Hong Kong's stablecoin ordinance, and the GENIUS Act are reshaping global stablecoin payments and driving mainstream adoption. Operating a platform with over 8 million users across more than 100

Economist Yoon Ji-ho presented three investment strategies for the second half of the year at a special lecture held on the 4th at the Maeil Business Newspaper Media Center. Yoon recommended allocating 50% of portfolios to semiconductors, maintaining cash reserves, and managing volatility rather

Meritz Financial Group is set to hold a board meeting on the morning of the 16th to discuss providing an additional 1000 billion won in emergency operating funds to Homeplus, bringing total support to 2000 billion won, with major shareholder MBK Partners reportedly agreeing to guarantee the full

SpaceX and South Korean space-themed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded significant losses during the week of July 10-15, with six Korean space ETFs experiencing net outflows of 662 billion won. KODEX US Space Aviation fell 8.91%, ranking 828th out of 830 equity ETFs, while ACE US Space Tech

Samsung Active Asset Management, NH Amundi Asset Management, KB Asset Management, and Kiwoom Investment Asset Management launched AI infrastructure exchange-traded funds on May 14 on the Korea Exchange. The four Korean Stocks ETFs focus on optical communications and physical AI investments as AI

IBM shares rose 0.7% in premarket trading on Wednesday, recovering a fraction of the previous day's record losses after the company issued weak preliminary second-quarter results. The technology firm cited a faster-than-expected shift in client spending from software to AI servers as the primary

Rothera Exchange and Clearing processed $3 billion in event contracts during its first two months of operations and is approaching a 10% share of US event contract volume, according to figures released as Adaptive disclosed that its Aeron Exchange Accelerator powers the trading venue's exchange and

Hana Asset Management will launch the '1Q NVIDIA Alphabet Bond Hybrid 50' ETF on the 28th of this month, combining exposure to NVIDIA and Alphabet with bond holdings in a single product. The launch comes as investor interest grows in bond-hybrid ETFs that blend growth stocks with safe assets amid co

Shinhan Asset Management rebalanced its 'SOL AI Semiconductor TOP2 Plus' exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the 15th, adding five semiconductor equipment stocks — Wonik IPS, Daeduck Electronics, PSK, VM, and TES — while removing LG Innotek, ISC, RFHIC, Korea Circuit, and Exicon. The rebalancing

SK Hynix's US-listed ADR surged 27.29% on July 14 (local time), driving South Korea's KOSPI to recover 6.24% to 7284.41 on July 15. British investment bank Barclays set SK Hynix ADR target at $330, while IBM CEO Arvinds Krishna confirmed customers are reallocating capital expenditures to secure

Securities firms acting as liquidity providers for Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds are disrupting South Korea's corporate bond market as extreme stock price volatility forces them to post additional margin requirements. The securities firms must supply s

Low-volatility exchange-traded funds in the Korean stock market showed divergent performance during recent market turbulence. Return gaps reached up to 7 percentage points over a one-week period. According to KOSCOM ETF CHECK data reported on the 15th, PLUS High Dividend Low Volatility 50

ARK Invest purchased 220,000 shares of Circle Internet Group (CRCL) across three actively managed exchange-traded funds on Tuesday, according to the company's daily trade disclosure. The purchase, worth approximately $13.9 million based on Circle's Tuesday closing price of $63.22 on the New York

Foreign investors have rapidly restructured their Korean bond portfolios toward government bonds following the country's inclusion in the World Government Bond Index (WGBI), according to an iM Securities report released on the 15th. Analyst Kim Myung-sil estimated the actual increase in foreign inve

South Korea's Financial Services Commission decided on amendments to the Electronic Financial Supervision Regulations at its 13th regular meeting on the 15th, requiring electronic payment operators and financial companies to provide detailed payment fee disclosures when signing or renewing

Japanese stock market indices posted strong gains on the 15th, driven by semiconductor sector strength. The Nikkei 225 rose 1,008.01 points (1.49%) to close at 68,751.51, while the Topix index gained 49.14 points (1.22%) to 4,088.12, according to Yonhap Infomax World Stock Index data. The rally