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DB Securities analyst Kang Hyun-ki stated on the 11th that investors should focus on stocks with earnings visibility rather than chasing the recent KOSDAQ rally. The analyst explained that while interest rate increases have paused, absolute rate levels remain high, making earnings-backed stocks

OpenAI used its own cash to buy back roughly $7 billion in employee shares, holding the company's valuation flat at $852 billion. The internal funding approach marks a departure from prior investor-backed tender offers, including a $6.6 billion deal in October 2025 that valued OpenAI near $500 billi

The Korean Government Employees Pension Service disrupted its traditional 1:1:1 investment allocation ratio as of May end due to stock market gains that pushed equity holdings to 32.8% while alternative investments fell to 14.0%. The pension plans to restore balance by increasing alternative investm

CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks stocks reached all-time highs on the 10th (local time) following warnings from Black Hat 2026, the world's largest cybersecurity conference, about increasingly sophisticated AI threats. Wall Street analysts attributed the surge to anticipated corporate demand for A

Hana Securities maintained a 'BUY' rating and 300 million won target price for Samsung Electro-Mechanics, citing ongoing supply shortages of AI server multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) and flip chip ball grid array (FCBGA) components that are expected to drive profitability above market

The US dollar strengthened against the Japanese yen on August 10 afternoon, with USD/JPY reaching 159.301 yen—the highest level since the US-Japan joint intervention on July 31. Kyodo News reported that Japanese government sources identified Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's September rate hike si

The USD/JPY exchange rate climbed to 159.301 yen on August 10, marking the first breach of the 159-yen level since the US-Japan coordinated intervention on July 31. Kyodo News reported that Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's signal for a September rate hike was the decisive factor enabling US

South Korea's financial authorities are utilizing the MADYMO (Mathematical Dynamic Models) program to combat auto insurance fraud. In last year November, the Financial Supervisory Service signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Police Agency, Korea Road Traffic Authority, and

ChatGPT AI has issued price predictions for XRP following the conclusion of the SEC lawsuit, forecasting a potential rise from the current $1.02 level to a range of $4 to $6 by the end of 2026, with a possible extension to $7 to $8 in a full risk-on market breakout. The artificial intelligence

NYSE President Lynn Martin confirmed the exchange is developing an onchain settlement platform for tokenized securities, building on the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation's (DTCC) tokenization pilot in July, ahead of an October full launch. Martin described the technology as a way to bridge

Meta announced its focus on open-weight large language models and released Muse Glimmer, a 30 billion parameter model, while committing to open the weights for Muse Spark 1.2 in the next few weeks. The announcement accompanies a more than 6,000-word essay by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlining the co

The Trump administration announced a $400 million loan to Australian mining company Sunrise Energy Metals on the 10th to develop a scandium mine, aiming to reduce US dependence on Chinese rare earth supplies. The Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital is providing the conditional financing to the co

As of May 7, 48 South Korean listed companies—38 on KOSDAQ and 10 on KOSPI (excluding preferred shares)—issued public warnings about potential management stock designation due to share prices falling below 1,000 won, according to Korea Exchange and Financial Supervisory Service data. Companies

Han&Company, the largest shareholder of SK D&D, announced on the 10th that it will not pursue delisting of SK D&D for at least one year. The commitment came after regulatory authorities intervened in the company's 140 billion won capital increase plan, which was designed to provide emergency

As of July-end, 192 Korean listed companies failed market capitalization requirements under strengthened delisting standards that took effect last month, according to analysis by Leaders Index. The research firm examined 2,578 companies across KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets, finding 7.4% fell below

Rocket Lab (RKLB) shares slipped about 6% in after-hours trading on Monday after the company reported a second-quarter net loss of $49.3 million, or $0.08 per share, higher than the estimated loss of $0.05 per share. The loss occurred despite revenue of $234 million, up 62% year over year and

KOSPI recorded its seventh consecutive week of negative returns, closing at 6299.66 with a gain of 40.89 points (0.65%) on the previous trading day, while foreign investors sold 1.4887 trillion won worth of shares despite easing concerns over U.S. interest rate hikes. The sustained selling

Individual investors in South Korea net sold 324.1 billion won in KODEX KOSDAQ150 Leverage ETF from the 31st of last month to the day before publication, according to Korea Exchange data released on the 11th. During the same period, the same investor group net bought approximately 64.8 billion won i

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) share price dropped about 3.5% after-hours on Monday after the company posted second-quarter revenue of $31.5 million, below the $33.9 million analysts expected, and a net loss of $230.9 million, or $0.77 per share, compared to the $0.35 per share loss analysts projected.

Securities firms' target prices for major Korean stocks show discrepancies up to 6.3 times, with Samsung Electronics ranging from 150,000 to 650,000 won and SK Hynix from 750,000 to 4,700,000 won, according to data from FnGuide covering January through the 7th. The gap stems from conflicting