South Korea's Kospi is the world's best-performing major equity market, but single-stock leveraged ETFs are fueling record volatility in 2026.

Surging trading in South Korea's single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking Samsung Electronics and SK hynix is raising concerns that the products ar

South Korea's Kospi slumped as much as 8%, briefly triggering a sidecar trading curb, as a Bank of Korea rate hike, a sharp sell-off in AI chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK…

South Korea is tightening restrictions on single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking the country's top chipmakers, which regulators have blamed for e

SEOUL, July 16 : South Korea's financial regulator on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory measures aimed at easing market volatility triggered by exchange-traded funds (ETFs)…

Single-stock leveraged ETFs poured gasoline on a market already volatile due to margin trading and high stock turnover

Discover how leveraged ETFs are fueling the AI rally and impacting market volatility, particularly in South Korea's semiconductor sector.

Leveraged ETFs tracking AI chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix have surged in South Korea. The SK Hynix-linked fund's assets have grown twentyfold this year, prompting regulators to…

South Korea's Kospi is the world's best-performing major equity market, but single-stock leveraged ETFs are fueling record volatility in 2026.

Korean retail investors are in the global spotlight due to volatility stemming from the potent mix of the semiconductor sector boom and leveraged e...

Korean retail investors are in the global spotlight due to volatility stemming from the potent mix of the semiconductor sector boom and leveraged e...