SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors’ stock frenzy appears to be going strong with their net stock buying nearing 100 trillion won since January last year, industry data showed Sunday. According to the data, individual investors scooped up a net 99.24 trillion won (US$87.92 billion) since January 2020, with the monthly [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors pared down their net buying of local stocks in February as the country’s key stock index traded in a tight range following a bull run, data showed Sunday. Retail investors snapped up a net 5.8 trillion won (US$5.24 billion) worth of stocks on the main [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors have bet big on global tech giant Samsung Electronics this year, but their investments have failed to pay off due to a recent pullback in its share price, data showed Monday. Local individual investors have purchased a net 13.4 trillion won (US$11.9 billion) worth of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major securities firms are busy expanding their server capacity as the explosive growth in the number of retail investors often causes a delay in access to their mobile trading systems (MTS). NH Investment & Securities Co. restricted some of its online services on Saturday as part of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid fanfare over a stock bull run, South Korea’s financial regulator is in a tight spot over whether to allow short selling as scheduled in March as more retail investors have demanded an outright ban on the trading tactics for a level playing field with institutional investors. With the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors snapped up a net 25.8 trillion won (US$23 billion) worth of local stocks in January alone, data showed Sunday, in the latest sign of their relentless buying spree. Individual investors bought a net 22.3 trillion won worth of stocks in the main market and a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors’ holdings of shares in electric vehicle leader Tesla Motors Inc. soared nearly 32 percent this year to cross the US$10 billion mark, data showed Monday. Local individual investors owned $10.33 billion worth of Tesla shares as of Friday, up 31.9 percent from the end of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors have emerged as deep pockets in the stock market, pouring in more than 100 trillion won (US$90.6 billion) since early last year, data showed Sunday. Individual investors net bought a combined 102.2 trillion won in local and overseas stocks from Jan. 2, 2019, to Friday, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As more individual investors are jumping into the investment game this year, the coronavirus pandemic is changing the landscape of how they carry out investment. While it was a common practice among retail investors to sell exchange traded funds (ETFs) while betting on how the index will turn out [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors have loaded up on shares in top-cap Samsung Electronics Co. this year, reaping a huge return on their investments, data showed Monday. Local individual investors had bought a net 14.7 trillion won (US$13.3 billion) worth of common and preferred shares in the global tech giant [...]