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.
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SK Hynix Will Cancel 3.3% of Its Shares. Who Gains?
SK Hynix will buy back and cancel ₩40tn of stock, about 3.3% of its shares. The arithmetic lifts its parent’s stake without SK Square buying anything.
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%.
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.