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Covered call exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in South Korea attracted significant capital inflows in the recent 1 month as market volatility intensified, with TIGER Dividend Covered Call Active receiving 581.3 billion won and ranking 12th among 830 ETFs, according to KOSCOM CHECK data released on

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung departs July 7 for a four-night, five-day diplomatic tour to Turkey and Mongolia, attending the NATO Summit in Ankara and conducting a state visit to Mongolia. The tour aims to expand Korean defense exports to European markets and strengthen supply chain

San Francisco Federal Reserve economists Kevin Lansing and Adam Shapiro introduced the Inflation Shock Momentum Index (ISMI) on June 6 (local time), a tool tracking monthly shocks in the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index that the Fed uses as its primary inflation benchmark. The eco

Samsung Electronics will announce its Q2 2026 preliminary results on July 7, with the market viewing this release as a turning point to gauge whether the artificial intelligence memory supercycle will continue or decline. This marks the first quarter where AI semiconductor demand surge is fully

SpaceX officially joins the Nasdaq 100 index on July 7 (local time), triggering expectations of a rebound for Korean space-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that have suffered losses since the company's listing. The inclusion follows SpaceX's Nasdaq debut on the 12th of last month, making it the

NH Investment & Securities sold out its second IMA (Investment Management Account) product worth 1200 billion KRW in approximately 3 hours after opening subscriptions. Korean securities firms' IMA products are attracting renewed investor attention as stock market volatility increases and expected

Samsung Active Asset Management's KoAct KOSDAQ Active ETF closed at 9,580 won on July 6, down 5.34%, marking a 35.27% decline from its intraday peak of 14,800 won recorded on March 11, the day after its March 10 listing at 12,020 won. The fund has underperformed amid broad KOSDAQ market weakness,

Kumho Construction and other Gwangju-based stocks surged to daily limit on July 6 following government announcements on the Honam semiconductor cluster plan. Kumho Construction's stock rose 2,850 won (30.00%) to 12,350 won, while Kumho Construction preferred shares, Kumho Tire, and Kumho Electric

BonkDAO was hit by a malicious governance proposal that drained approximately $20 million worth of BONK tokens from its treasury, according to the project's official X account statement posted on Monday. The attack exploited the DAO's governance process rather than a wallet vulnerability, with the a

Fully diluted valuation emerged as a critical metric reshaping how investors evaluate new cryptocurrency token launches in 2026, following a structural market collapse of high-FDV tokens in 2025. FDV multiplies a token's current price by its maximum total supply, revealing potential market value

Toyota Motor announced Monday that it is investing $3.6 billion to move production of the Tacoma midsize pickup truck from a plant in Tijuana, Mexico to its San Antonio, Texas manufacturing campus. The investment is expected to create 2,000 U.S. jobs at the facility, add a second vehicle assembly li

Bitcoin and Zcash differ fundamentally in transaction privacy handling. Bitcoin operates a fully transparent blockchain where every transaction, wallet address, and amount transferred is permanently visible on the public ledger, while Zcash uses zk-SNARK zero-knowledge proof cryptography to enable o

Florida programmer Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two large Papa John's pizzas on May 22, 2010, in what became the first documented purchase of a physical good using Bitcoin. The transaction established Bitcoin's functionality as a medium of exchange for real-world goods beyond theoretical

The Korean won-dollar exchange rate has risen to the 1500 won range despite record export performance and upward revisions to economic growth forecasts. The exchange rate averaged 1544.50 won during the first days of the month, continuing an upward trend from monthly averages of 1456.58 won in

Samsung Electronics' Q2 earnings announcement scheduled for July 7 is expected to show operating profit reaching 85 trillion won according to market consensus, with some analysts forecasting up to 90 trillion won — a potential record-high result. The anticipated profit surge is driven by expanded

The US Institute for Supply Management (ISM) service sector employment index rose to 51.2 in June, climbing 3.3 points from the previous month and surpassing the baseline of 50 for the first time since February. The prices index declined to 67.7 from 71.3 in May, marking the first decrease in four m