Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Index Rebalance

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<li>There are several notable ETFs (SMH ETF, VanEck Semiconductor UCITS ETF, and KODEX US Semiconductor ETF) that will include SK Hynix (SKHY US) ADRs in their upcoming rebalances.</li>
<li>The expected capital inflow from the passive funds is expected to be significant at about $3.8 billion (5.2 trillion won). </li>
<li>A $3.8 billion inflow represents 11.3% of the total ADR market cap. ADTV is $4.3 billion. Flow/ADTV (no of days) is 0.88. </li>
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There are several notable ETFs (SMH ETF, VanEck Semiconductor UCITS ETF, and KODEX US Semiconductor ETF) that will include SK Hynix (SKHY US) ADRs in their upcoming rebalances.
The expected capital inflow from the passive funds is expected to be significant at about $3.8 billion (5.2 trillion won). 
A $3.8 billion inflow represents 11.3% of the total ADR market cap. ADTV is $4.3 billion. Flow/ADTV (no of days) is 0.88. 


SK Hynix ADR Inclusions in the SMH ETF, VanEck Semi UCITS ETF, and KODEX US Semi ETF Rebalances

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>SK hynix reported record second-quarter 2026 results, supported by strong artificial intelligence infrastructure demand and tight memory supply.</li><li>Consolidated revenue reached KRW 79.3 trillion, up 51% sequentially and 257% year-over-year.</li><li>Growth reflected higher pricing across DRAM and NAND, particularly AI server DRAM and enterprise SSD products.</li></ul>

SK hynix reported record second-quarter 2026 results, supported by strong artificial intelligence infrastructure demand and tight memory supply.Consolidated revenue reached KRW 79.3 trillion, up 51% sequentially and 257% year-over-year.Growth reflected higher pricing across DRAM and NAND, particularly AI server DRAM and enterprise SSD products.

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<li>In this insight, I discuss the impact of the potential inclusion of SK Hynix (SKHY US) ADR in the NASDAQ 100 rebalance in December 2026. </li>
<li>There are 17 other companies in the NASDAQ 100 Index which have lower market cap than SK Hynix's ADR capitalization. </li>
<li>I believe there is a high probability (80-90%+) of SK Hynix (SKHY US) ADR inclusion in the NASDAQ 100 Index in December 2026.</li>
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In this insight, I discuss the impact of the potential inclusion of SK Hynix (SKHY US) ADR in the NASDAQ 100 rebalance in December 2026. 
There are 17 other companies in the NASDAQ 100 Index which have lower market cap than SK Hynix's ADR capitalization. 
I believe there is a high probability (80-90%+) of SK Hynix (SKHY US) ADR inclusion in the NASDAQ 100 Index in December 2026.


Potential Inclusion of SK Hynix ADR in NASDAQ 100 Index in December 2026

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>We remain bullish (as of our 4/21/26 Compass) on the S&amp;P 500 (SPX), and we will stay that way as long as support at 7580-7629 holds.</li>
<li>At the same time, if SPX breaks below 7580 we would look for a 7-10% peak-to-trough decline, while being mindful of support at 7250-7300.</li>
<li>A.I. areas were hit hard yesterday following the "pacing the frontier" developments over the weekend, and we believe caution is warranted on semiconductors, memory, neoclouds, and photonics names.</li>
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We remain bullish (as of our 4/21/26 Compass) on the S&amp;P 500 (SPX), and we will stay that way as long as support at 7580-7629 holds.
At the same time, if SPX breaks below 7580 we would look for a 7-10% peak-to-trough decline, while being mindful of support at 7250-7300.
A.I. areas were hit hard yesterday following the "pacing the frontier" developments over the weekend, and we believe caution is warranted on semiconductors, memory, neoclouds, and photonics names.


Wall of Worry Grows Taller; 7580 on SPX Remains Vital. Charts Highlighted: SPX, MAGS, SOXX, DRAM

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

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<li>Following its ADR listing, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-hynix-inc-a4e8e2ec-1a75-4752-b58c-eaa0d074d145" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:50283:1" rel="noopener">SK Hynix (SKHY US)</a> will be added to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vaneck-vectors-semiconductor" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32807:1" rel="noopener">VanEck Vectors Semiconductor (SMH US)</a> ETF in September. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/skyworks-solutions-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6121:1" rel="noopener">Skyworks Solutions (SWKS US)</a> will be deleted.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover is 6.4% resulting in a round-trip trade of US$8.8bn. There are 2 stocks with over a yard and a half to trade.</li>
<li>The largest flows will be in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-hynix-inc-a4e8e2ec-1a75-4752-b58c-eaa0d074d145" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:50283:1" rel="noopener">SK Hynix (SKHY US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nvidia-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5891:1" rel="noopener">NVIDIA (NVDA US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/advanced-micro-devices-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19009:1" rel="noopener">Advanced Micro Devices (AMD US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/micron-technology-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13382:1" rel="noopener">Micron Technology (MU US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kla-tencor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1115:1" rel="noopener">KLA-Tencor (KLAC US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/asml-holding-nv-b0092428-e3ec-4a92-bdd6-2f6eff7f1879" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28204:1" rel="noopener">ASML Holding (ASML US)</a>. </li>
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Following its ADR listing, SK Hynix (SKHY US) will be added to the VanEck Vectors Semiconductor (SMH US) ETF in September. Skyworks Solutions (SWKS US) will be deleted.
Estimated one-way turnover is 6.4% resulting in a round-trip trade of US$8.8bn. There are 2 stocks with over a yard and a half to trade.
The largest flows will be in SK Hynix (SKHY US), NVIDIA (NVDA US), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD US), Micron Technology (MU US), KLA-Tencor (KLAC US) and ASML Holding (ASML US). 


MV US Listed Semiconductor 25 Index Rebalance: SK Hynix ADR Added as Trade Nears US$9bn

South Korea

SK hynix Inc. provides products and services for the electronic components industries. The Company manufactures semiconductors such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM), NAND flash memory, and static random access memory (SRAM) chips.

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