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.
Samsung Electronics rose 0.22% on August 7 while SK Hynix fell 4.88% — the same index, the same industry, opposite signs.
Korean Q2 earnings season is seven trading days long. Of the 60 companies that disclosed an IR schedule to the Korea Exchange, 58 report between August 6 and August 14 – the semi-annual filing deadline, 45 days after the half-year end. Fourteen report on August 12 alone. Samsung and SK Hynix already went in July. KEPCO still has no date.
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