In previous decades, South Korea has always been a cultural and financial afterthought after Japan, with its dominance in electronics and engineering through companies like Sony, Toyota, JVC, Honda, and Mitsubishi; and…
Korea has gone mad for AI. Capital-M Mad, the kind that turns a niche 3x leveraged country fund into the most-watched ticker on Korean retail brokerage screens. Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea…
The AI trade is hot, and it could stay hot for quite some time. Undoubtedly, much of the strength has been concentrated in the storage and memory stocks. The AI revolution is…
Just over three years ago, you wouldn’t have thought that the South Korean stock market would be such a source of profound strength as the AI boom took off and things like…
Joey Frenette South Korea’s KOSPI has gone from emerging-markets afterthought to the best major equity story of 2026, and the engine is sitting inside every advanced AI server on Earth. Samsung Electronics and SK…
Here’s a fact that might shock you: the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) has ripped 303.3% higher in U.S. dollar terms since the start of 2025, while the SPDR S&P 500…
If you bought Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) thinking you owned a slice of every major developing economy, you didn’t. VWO tracks an FTSE index that reclassified South Korea as a…
The Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3X Shares (NYSEARCA:KORU) is up roughly 274% year to date and a stomach-churning 1,500% over the past twelve months, which is a chart that pulls…
The iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) is up 80% year-to-date and about 200% over the past year, which is not what a country fund is supposed to do, especially one that…
The AI semiconductor trade has a passport, and lately it has been stamped more often in Seoul than in San Jose. On a recent Reuters Morning Bid podcast segment titled Chip stock…
Taiwan and South Korea sit at the center of the global chip supply chain, and three exchange-traded funds offer the most direct way to hold that exposure: the iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF…
South Korea’s KOSPI delivered one of the strongest runs among major equity markets over the past year, yet almost no one outside Asia noticed because the news cycle was consumed by a…
Some of the most remarkable performers of the past year aren’t even listed on the NYSE or Nasdaq. Undoubtedly, international stocks have had a bit of an edge over the S&P 500…
Live Updates Goldman Sachs Sees Risks Rising – and Bonds May Not Help8:05am ETAccording to Goldman Sachs, the market pullback could get worse. “While geopolitical shocks and their market impact are difficult…
EWY has returned 37% so far in 2026, nearly tripling off its one-year low, and the question for retirees is whether this is a recovery worth owning or a cyclical bounce that…
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