Watch KB Financial to See if Korea’s Value-Up Works
KB Financial canceled 3.8% of its shares without using the grace period Korea’s new law allows. What that says about value-up for EWY holders.
Investing in Korea
Korea’s Indexes Split Again — the Reverse of Last Week
KOSPI rose and KOSDAQ fell for a second day — the mirror image of last week. If you own EWY, you own the large-cap half in the tariff line of fire.
Your EWY Dropped Four Korea Stocks Today
MSCI dropped four names from EWY and added LG Innotek at the August close. The 41% core of the fund, Samsung and SK Hynix, did not move.
Korea ETF Premium Rule Doesn’t Touch Your EWY
Korea tightened how far an ETF can drift from its value and threatened to block listings. But the rule stops at the border — your US-listed EWY is outside it.
DRAM and EWY — the Same Two Korean Stocks
There is a memory ETF now. It trades on the Cboe BZX exchange under the ticker DRAM, it launched on April 2, 2026, it charges 0.65%, and the issuer calls it a “pure play” — the first-ever memory stock ETF. Roughly half of that pure play is two companies listed in Seoul. The Korea ETF … Read more
SKHY Trades 43% Above SK Hynix in Seoul
SKHY priced 4.84% above SK Hynix’s Seoul shares in July. By August 14 the gap was 43.41% — Seoul fell 24.75% while the Nasdaq ADR rose 11.63%.
EWY’s Third-Largest Holding Is Mostly SK Hynix
EWY’s No. 3 holding is SK Square at 3.44% — and its main asset is a 20.50% stake in SK Hynix, the No. 2 holding. The disclosed weight understates it.
Korea’s Leveraged ETF Rule: 74% to 12%, Then It Moved
Korea tripled the cash deposit for single-stock leveraged ETFs. Trading in the targeted products collapsed – then resurfaced in sector funds and Hong Kong.
SK Hynix ADR Dividend: The Fee Cap Exceeds the Payout
SK Hynix declared ₩375 a share on Aug 7. After Korean tax that is $0.0225 per ADS — and the deposit agreement caps the ADR distribution fee at $0.05 per…
The Currency-Hedged Korea ETF Died in 2020. On Korea’s Worst Day Since March, Not Having It Helped.
The KOSPI fell 10.84% on July 28. In dollars it fell 10.47%. The gap is the won — a position no U.S. investor in Korea has been able to opt out of since 2020.