Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The A16 chip Samsung fabs is mainly for real-time inference in Tesla’s FSD cars, not data-center training, which remains dominated by Dojo and NVIDIA hardware.</li>
<li>If Tesla’s deal includes AI chips with HBM, it’s a major catalyst; if just A16, it’s not proof HBM yield issues are solved.</li>
<li>Tesla’s deal isn’t a sure sign Samsung’s HBM4 passed NVIDIA’s qual tests, but it’s a key reference boosting market hype—time to consider a Samsung long, SK Hynix short setup.</li>
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The A16 chip Samsung fabs is mainly for real-time inference in Tesla’s FSD cars, not data-center training, which remains dominated by Dojo and NVIDIA hardware.
If Tesla’s deal includes AI chips with HBM, it’s a major catalyst; if just A16, it’s not proof HBM yield issues are solved.
Tesla’s deal isn’t a sure sign Samsung’s HBM4 passed NVIDIA’s qual tests, but it’s a key reference boosting market hype—time to consider a Samsung long, SK Hynix short setup.


My Take on Samsung’s Big Foundry Deal with Tesla

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>According to Reuters, the US government may be interested in acquiring equity stakes in Samsung Electronics and TSMC in exchange for CHIPS and Science Act grants.</li>
<li>The US government is exploring ways to take equity stakes in these two Asian tech giants that have been expanding their semiconductor facilities in the United States.</li>
<li>If the US government decides to invest $10 billion each in Samsung Electronics and TSMC, they would represent about 3% and 1% of Samsung Electronics and TSMC's market caps, respectively. </li>
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According to Reuters, the US government may be interested in acquiring equity stakes in Samsung Electronics and TSMC in exchange for CHIPS and Science Act grants.
The US government is exploring ways to take equity stakes in these two Asian tech giants that have been expanding their semiconductor facilities in the United States.
If the US government decides to invest $10 billion each in Samsung Electronics and TSMC, they would represent about 3% and 1% of Samsung Electronics and TSMC's market caps, respectively. 


US Government May Acquire Equity Stakes in Samsung Electronics and TSMC

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<li>In this insight, we provide the top 10 stock picks and key catalysts in the Korean stock market for the two weeks (15 to 29 August 2025).</li>
<li>Shipbuilding and rechargeable battery were two of the best performing sectors in the past two weeks.</li>
<li>Top 10 picks in this bi-weekly include Samsung Electronics, LG Uplus, Hyundai Elevator, KT&amp;G, KEPCO E&amp;C, Dentium, NCsoft, JYP Entertainment, LG Chem, and Ecopro BM. </li>
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In this insight, we provide the top 10 stock picks and key catalysts in the Korean stock market for the two weeks (15 to 29 August 2025).
Shipbuilding and rechargeable battery were two of the best performing sectors in the past two weeks.
Top 10 picks in this bi-weekly include Samsung Electronics, LG Uplus, Hyundai Elevator, KT&amp;G, KEPCO E&amp;C, Dentium, NCsoft, JYP Entertainment, LG Chem, and Ecopro BM. 


Top 10 Korean Stock Picks and Key Catalysts Bi-Weekly (15 to 29 August 2025)

Quantitative Researcher, MRM Research

Nico Rosti

Quantitative Researcher

MRM Research

Quantitative Research

Equity Derivatives

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/sanghyun-park" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:354" rel="noopener">Sanghyun Park</a> has reported in detail about what seems to be going on behind closed doors at Samsung in regard to the foundry spin-off: read his insight - highly recommended.</li>
<li>We maintain our BUY recommendation for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:191:1" rel="noopener">Samsung Electronics (005930 KS)</a> and although we have not yet seen a strong rally, we see the stock slowly drifting upward from its bottom.</li>
<li>Our short-term tactical perspective covering the next 2–3 weeks is presented in this insight.</li>
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Sanghyun Park has reported in detail about what seems to be going on behind closed doors at Samsung in regard to the foundry spin-off: read his insight - highly recommended.
We maintain our BUY recommendation for Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) and although we have not yet seen a strong rally, we see the stock slowly drifting upward from its bottom.
Our short-term tactical perspective covering the next 2–3 weeks is presented in this insight.


Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) Outlook as Foundry Spin-Off Gains Momentum

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<li>Insiders say Google’s fast-growing phone biz now overlaps Samsung’s, sparking serious rivalry fears. This “Google shock” has become a major topic among Samsung’s top execs lately.</li>
<li>Sammy’s crisis plan involves carving out System LSI from foundry, with a likely spin-off of the foundry biz as a separate entity—insiders say that’s the favored move now.</li>
<li>Samsung’s restructuring sparks a tug-of-war between shareholder value erosion and foundry re-rating. A spin-off looks likely, with recent stock moves showing investor optimism.</li>
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Insiders say Google’s fast-growing phone biz now overlaps Samsung’s, sparking serious rivalry fears. This “Google shock” has become a major topic among Samsung’s top execs lately.
Sammy’s crisis plan involves carving out System LSI from foundry, with a likely spin-off of the foundry biz as a separate entity—insiders say that’s the favored move now.
Samsung’s restructuring sparks a tug-of-war between shareholder value erosion and foundry re-rating. A spin-off looks likely, with recent stock moves showing investor optimism.


Fresh Intel on Samsung’s Foundry Spin-Off Plan

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My Take on Samsung’s Big Foundry Deal with Tesla

This post shares my take on Samsung’s big foundry win with Tesla, breaking down what the deal means for Samsung’s stock play.

Sanghyun Park

US Government May Acquire Equity Stakes in Samsung Electronics and TSMC

According to Reuters, the US government may be interested in acquiring equity stakes in Samsung Electronics and TSMC in exchange for CHIPS and...

Douglas Kim

Top 10 Korean Stock Picks and Key Catalysts Bi-Weekly (15 to 29 August 2025)

Top 10 picks in this bi-weekly include Samsung Electronics, LG Uplus, Hyundai Elevator, KT&G, KEPCO E&C, Dentium, NCsoft, JYP Entertainment, LG...

Douglas Kim

Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) Outlook as Foundry Spin-Off Gains Momentum

We maintain a BUY on Samsung Electronics as the foundry spin-off gains traction. The stock is drifting higher from recent lows. Tactical view...

Nico Rosti

Fresh Intel on Samsung’s Foundry Spin-Off Plan

This post shares the latest intel on Sammy’s foundry spin-off. Local chatter is picking up around a carve-out that could spark notable price movement.

Sanghyun Park

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