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.
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When Does Korea Trade Nvidia? Before the US.
Nvidia reports after the US close on Aug 26. Seoul opens 3h40m later — the first major market to trade the print in cash, on the same Thursday morning the…
Hyundai’s US Bet Grew. Its Stock Did Not.
Hyundai’s CEO said the Georgia plant may grow to 800,000 cars a year. The stock closed down 0.60% that day. Why Seoul reads US localization as cost, not growth.
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
If You Own EWY, You Are Already Buying on August 31
MSCI’s August review takes effect on the August 31 close. Index money buys and sells that day whatever the price, and if you hold EWY it buys for you.
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.
You Didn’t Buy ‘Korean Chips.’ You Bought Two Companies That Just Moved in Opposite Directions.
Samsung Electronics rose 0.22% on August 7 while SK Hynix fell 4.88% — the same index, the same industry, opposite signs.