00:13korea's stock market has been the most volatile of any major market in the world in 2026 and a
00:19big part of the reason is leveraged etfs it's friday september 11th let's look at what this
00:24means for retail investors in korea the bank of korea says daily cosby volatility this year has
00:31run more than three times the average of major economies individual investors piled into
00:36leveraged products as the index swung from historic lows to fresh highs and when the market turned
00:42those same positions unwound all at once on top of that two stocks now dominate the indexes every move
00:49so gains and losses concentrate fast here's what the numbers show korea's daily stock volatility hit
00:56four point one percent from january through july the highest among 30 major economies and triple the
01:01one point three percent average cosby swung more than five percent in a single day on twenty two
01:07point five percent of trading days this year well above the eleven point three percent seen during
01:12the 2008 financial crisis individual leverage related stock investment rose 21 in the first half
01:19compared with a year earlier and net buying of domestic equity etfs reached 42.8 trillion one
01:27samsung electronics and sk hynix together drove 99 of cosby's rise from 8 000 to 9 000 points and 69
01:37.3
01:37percent of its later drop from 9 100 to 5 500 separately cosby closed at 7033.92 on wednesday down
01:490.25
01:51with individual investors flipping to net buyers of 380.2 billion one after five straight days of
01:58selling worth 16.8 trillion one so what does this mean for retail investors earlier we said korea's
02:07market has been the most volatile in the world this year here's what that actually means for you
02:12leveraged single stock etfs amplify both your gains and your losses far more than a plain index fund
02:19and the bank of korea itself is flagging that concentration risk because samsung electronics and
02:26sk hynix drive nearly all of the indexes swings your cosby exposure is really a bet on two companies more
02:32than a diversified market none of this is a signal to buy or sell it's a reminder to know exactly
02:38how
02:38much leverage sits inside whatever product you're holding what to watch whether the bank of korea's
02:44monitoring leads to new rules on leveraged single stock etfs the direction of individual investor flows
02:50as the market approaches the uscpi release and the fomc meeting later this month and whether samsung
02:57electronics and sk hynix's outsized weight in cosby keeps concentrating risk in your portfolio
03:04that's today's ai prism retail investors this episode was produced with ai assistance based on
03:10sole economic daily reporting and reviewed by a human editor ai prism is a wanifra award-winning series
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