South Korean retail investors are once again taking on massive amounts of leverage.
According to Korean media reports, | Hanami
South Korean retail investors are once again taking on massive amounts of leverage.
According to Korean media reports, they made net purchases of approximately $300 million across 14 single-stock leveraged products linked to Samsung Electronics and SK hynix between October 1 and 23.
They are also taking on substantial leverage in the U.S. stock market, reportedly making net purchases of $3.54764 billion in the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares ETF (SOXL), which seeks to deliver three times the daily return of a U.S. semiconductor index.
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