00:06Three numbers before the open. 3%, 913 billion won, and 100 trillion won.
00:15That's Korea's new base rate, the amount ultra-wealthy investors just dumped in Samsung
00:21electronics, and the level investor cash reserves just fell below.
00:26Nvidia posted its 13th straight record quarter overnight, and it still couldn't get enough
00:32memory chips. Here's what's moving the market today. It's Friday, August 28th. Here's what
00:39today's story could mean for the Korean market. The Bank of Korea raised its policy rate to 3%
00:45on Thursday, its second consecutive hike, citing concerns over prices, the won, and household debt.
00:53Meanwhile, Nvidia's blowout earnings confirmed that the global memory shortage and the pricing
00:59power it hands Samsung and SK Hynix will likely last through 2028. But domestic sentiment is souring.
01:08Ultra-high net-worth investors sold Samsung shares for a second straight month, and market-wide cash
01:14on the sidelines just dropped out of the triple digits. Here's what the numbers show.
01:19The Bank of Korea lifted its base rate by 25 basis points to 3%, its first back-to-back hike
01:27since
01:27January 2023. Nvidia's data center revenue hit $89 billion last quarter, up 106% year-on-year,
01:37with CEO Jensen Huang saying supply, not demand, is now the only constraint on growth.
01:44Nvidia's component prepayments more than doubled to $279 billion this quarter, and that spending is
01:52expected to keep memory prices elevated well into 2028. Ultra-high net-worth investors sold 91.3 billion
02:01won of Samsung Electronics this month, their second consecutive month as the top net sold stock.
02:08Investor deposits fell 3.6 trillion won in a single day to 98.9 trillion won, a 29%
02:17drop from June's record high, while margin loan balances climbed for a seventh straight session
02:23to 33.1 trillion won. Samsung shares still closed up 1.72% at 266,000 won, suggesting the sell
02:34-off reflects
02:35profit-taking, rather than a broader loss of confidence.
02:39So what does this mean for active traders? Earlier, we mentioned that cash on the sidelines
02:46just dropped below 100 trillion won. That's a sign real buying power is leaving the market,
02:52even as leverage bets keep rising, a combination that tends to amplify swings when a pullback hits.
03:00The memory story favors Samsung and SK Hynix for years, not quarters, so near-term profit-taking
03:07in Samsung doesn't necessarily signal a change in the longer trend. Watch Fed Chair Kevin Worses'
03:14Jackson Hole speech at 11 p.m. Korean time tonight, since any hint on U.S. rate policy could move
03:21the won and foreign flows before Monday's open. That's today's AI Prism, Stock Investors.
03:29This episode was produced with AI Assistants, based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting,
03:36and reviewed by a human editor. AI Prism is a won IFRA award-winning series. We'll be back tomorrow.
03:43You've been listening to AI Prism from Seoul Economic Daily.
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