Most of the losses in Korean stock investments come from retail investors within South Korea.

Deep Tide TechFlow news. On July 20, Jung In Yun, founder of Fibonacci Asset Management, said that the vast majority of investors who are taking losses from investing in Korean stocks are domestic retail investors, and the buyers are not only beginners chasing online hype. Many of them are investors in their 40s and 50s, who are increasingly able to deal calmly with leveraged operations and concentrated technology investments.

According to data from the Oxford Economics Institute, the share of leveraged ETFs in Korea-themed funds has also risen rapidly. As of June, among the 25 largest leveraged ETFs in Korea, their asset share has climbed to about 30%, while the figure was about 15% at the beginning of 2026. The firm downgraded its rating for the Korean stock market to neutral at the end of June, warning that the scale of leveraged investments has risen significantly and that securities firms may be increasingly unwilling to provide credit to retail investors. (Jin10)