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00:30Let's look at what this means for retail investors in Korea.
00:34Retail investors had been net sellers of COSDAC shares through June and July.
00:39Foreign investors, who had been buyers in those same months, flipped to net sellers last
00:43month.
00:44Bond-mixed ETFs, once concentrated in COSPI 200&S and P500 tracking products, have expanded
00:52into semiconductor, automotive, and precious metal themes.
00:56Here's what the numbers show.
00:57Individual investors net bought 2.1582 trillion one of COSDAC shares last month, reversing
01:05June and July's selling trend.
01:07Foreign investors net sold 1.8413 trillion one on COSDAC last month after being net buyers
01:13the prior two months.
01:15COSDAC rose 15.91% in August, while COSPI gained just 3.4%, the widest monthly outperformance
01:23in roughly eight years and nine months.
01:25bond-mixed ETF assets reached 20.5792 trillion one as of August 31st, up from 8.0239 trillion
01:35one at the end of last year.
01:36The Rise Samsung Electronics SK Hynix bond-mixed 50 fund alone topped 4 trillion one in net assets
01:44since its February listing.
01:47COSDAC-listed companies posted first-half operating profit growth of 62.4% and net profit growth of
01:54260.2%, with profitable firms rising from 978 to 1,033 year-on-year.
02:02So what does this mean for retail investors in Korea?
02:05Earlier we said individual investors bought 2.1582 trillion one of COSDAC shares last month.
02:11Here's what that actually means for you.
02:14Retail money is rotating back into growth names as earnings improve, which is worth tracking
02:19even if you don't chase the rotation yourself.
02:22The rise of bond-mixed ETFs gives retirement account holders, especially those in DC and IRP plans capped
02:30at 70% equity exposure, a way to add stock exposure without hitting that ceiling, since these products
02:36are classified as safe assets.
02:38Whichever position you hold, this is information to weigh carefully, not a signal to buy or sell.
02:45Three things to watch.
02:47Whether COSDAC's earnings improvement continues into the next reporting season, how foreign
02:52investors respond if COSDAC's outperformance persists, and whether more theme-based bond-mixed
02:58ETFs launch beyond semiconductors this quarter.
03:02That's today's AI Prism, Retail Investors.
03:05This episode was produced with AI Assistants based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting and
03:11reviewed by a human editor.
03:12AI Prism is a WANIFRA award-winning series.
03:15We'll be back tomorrow.
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