KEDI-based ETFs are booming (Courtesy of Getty Images) South Korean exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking KEDI, an index set created by The Korea Economic Daily, are booming on growing investor demand for high-value options among theme-based portfolio and industry innovators. Total net assets o
It's time again to snap up semiconductor stocks – the market darlings these days.Just like its global peers, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq, South Korea’s main bourse is on an uptrend trajectory led by the likes of Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., na
(Courtesy of Yonhap News) South Korea last week completed the process needed to launch a stock market stabilization fund of 10.76 trillion won ($7.6 billion). The timing for capital injection is being discussed as the main bourse Kospi has rebounded.A resolution on the fund was made last week b
(Source: Getty Images Bank) South Korean retail investors bought more exchange-traded funds (ETFs) than stocks on the country’s main Kospi in the last six months as the baskets of securities are seen as safer than individual shares amid growing market volatility.Retail investors purchased