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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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…
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.
SK Hynix Investor Hub: Earnings Date and ADR Math
The next SK Hynix earnings date is not yet announced (late October expected, not confirmed). One Seoul share equals ten Nasdaq ADRs, and the premium was about 19% on July 31 closes – a day Seoul closed at its 30% price limit, which flatters the number. Shareholder-return policy: still undecided. Updated each quarter.
KOSPI’s Wildest Week Ever Moved the Index 1.4%
In the last week of July 2026 the KOSPI printed a −10.84% session and its largest one-day gain on record (+17.91%) inside five trading days — travelling 36.9 percentage points to finish down 1.42%. And the month headlines called the worst ever ranks third on month-end closes, behind October 1997 and October 2008.
Korean Retail Investors Sold ₩8 Trillion on the Biggest Up Day in KOSPI History
On July 31, 2026 the KOSPI rose 17.91% — its largest one-day gain ever. In the same KRX session Korean retail investors net sold ₩8.25 trillion while foreigners net bought ₩7.22 trillion. What Korean investors were writing while they sold, why SK Hynix stopped at 29.95%, and why naming the cause of this rally is a trap.
SK Hynix Posted Its Best Quarter Ever. The Stock Swung From +4% to −20% in One Session.
Record Q2 operating profit of ₩60.5tn. A 24-point intraday swing, a 7.54% close, and a two-day drop of 22.5%. The market didn’t reject the quarter — it hasn’t bought the second half.
How US Investors Actually Play Korea — the Four Doors, and Why ‘You Can’t Buy It’ Is a Myth
Only about a dozen Korean companies trade as US ADRs — so most of Korea looks unbuyable from a US account. It isn’t.