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%.
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How Much of Korea’s 11% Week Was 3 Days? 88%.
The KOSPI rose 11.49% last week but 88% of that came in three sessions, while the KOSDAQ built 84.5% of its gain on Monday alone. A US account holding EWY received +8.22%.
Korea’s Market Rose 11%. Its Regulators Said Nothing.
The KOSPI rose 11.49% this week and Korean regulators made no public comment on it. What they published instead was the next tranche of leverage rules.
EWY Holdings: Two Stocks Are 43%, Not 50%
iShares’ own holdings file says EWY’s top two stocks are 42.85 percent, not the 50 percent screeners show. One of those numbers cannot exist.
KEPCO Q2: Analysts Saw the Cut Coming — Just Not Half of It
KEPCO’s Q2 operating profit came in 42.5% below consensus. The gap has a name: coal rose 24% while the government kept the electricity tariff frozen.
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 Korean Market Went Up This Week. The One You Own Went Down.
Weekly scoreboard for August 3–7, 2026. The KOSPI fell 5.10% to 6,258.77, a seventh straight weekly loss and the longest streak since December 2022.
Seoul Answered the Foreign Press This Week. Here’s the Transcript.
On August 6 Korea’s deputy prime minister said the index was “stabilizing.” The KOSPI closed down 4.58% that day.
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.