SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Stock transactions in South Korea spiked more than 70 percent in 2020 amid an investment craze among retail investors, data showed Friday. The value of stock trading in Asia’s fourth-largest economy stood at 35,397.3 trillion won (US$30.2 trillion) last year, up 70.5 percent from a year earlier, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Domestic investors using robo-advisor services turned out to have a preference for domestic exchange traded funds (ETFs), a brokerage house said Monday. Kiwoom Securities Co. analyzed investment trends of 10,000 customers who set investment goals through the company’s KiwooGo robo-advisor. The analysis showed that the most favored portfolio type [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean investors’ purchase of shares in electric vehicle leader Tesla Inc. hit a one-year low in May amid a drop in its price, data showed Wednesday. Domestic investors bought a net US$80.8 million worth of Tesla shares in May, the lowest amount in one year, according to the [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – One of South Korea’s top financial officials has recently drawn the ire of investors in cryptocurrency when he lectured them, saying they were walking “on the wrong path” and needed to correct themselves. Appearing in a meeting at the National Assembly on Thursday, Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Eun [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans in their 30s who opt to directly invest in stocks rather than other types of financial assets is increasing at a rapid pace. Rep. Yoo Gyeong-joon of the main opposition People Power Party recently analyzed investment data from Statistics Korea. The analysis showed that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Gold prices in South Korea hit a 10-month low as hope of an economic recovery has made the bullion less attractive, data showed Friday. A gram of gold changed hands at 63,900 won (US$57.7) on the domestic market Friday, down 0.48 percent from the previous session, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — YouTube channels run by South Korean brokerage houses are seeing spikes in the number of subscribers as retail investors are scrambling to collect tips and expertise. Mirae Asset Smart Money, a YouTube channel run by Mirae Asset Daewoo Co., is gaining attention after company’s Chairman Park Hyun-joo appeared in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will closely monitor a potential increase in market volatility as investors’ herb behavior, illustrated in the U.S. GameStop case, could frequently occur, the vice finance minister said Tuesday. Global stock markets recently underwent high fluctuations after retail investors snapped up shares of U.S. video game vendor GameStop, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean investors have picked Tesla and Apple as the most popular foreign stocks to pass on to their children. Major South Korean brokerage house Samsung Securities Co. held an online conference on Saturday through its official YouTube channel and carried out a survey with a group of local [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors’ expectations for Tesla Motors Inc.’s new battery technology are growing as they have snapped up shares in the world’s top electric vehicle this year, industry sources said Monday. Tesla is slated to hold an annual meeting of stockholders on “battery day” Tuesday afternoon (Pacific time), [...]