Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 30 years of experience in the Korean/Asian equity research. Major sectors coverage include the following:
- Technology 
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Tender Offers/M&As
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

SK Hynix to Announce a Major Shareholder Return Plan - But How Much Is This Already Factored In?

SK Hynix's 40 Trillion Won Share Buyback and Cancellation - Trading Implications

Samsung Electronics Preparing to Announce Shareholder Returns of 100 Trillion Won+

Increasing Probability of Calling Off the Solidigm IPO on NASDAQ?

Douglas Research Advisory

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>These 30 sector ETFs in Korea were down on average 6.8% in the past one week, significantly underperforming KOSPI which was down 0.9% in the same period.</li>
<li>Among the 30 sector ETFs below, only two ETFs outperformed KOSPI including TIGER Cosmetics (up 2.7%) and TIGER Semiconductor Top10 (up 0.6%). </li>
<li>Overall implied market breadth continued to be very poor in Korea in the past week (90% of the sector ETFs underperforming KOSPI, 27 out of 30).</li>
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These 30 sector ETFs in Korea were down on average 6.8% in the past one week, significantly underperforming KOSPI which was down 0.9% in the same period.
Among the 30 sector ETFs below, only two ETFs outperformed KOSPI including TIGER Cosmetics (up 2.7%) and TIGER Semiconductor Top10 (up 0.6%). 
Overall implied market breadth continued to be very poor in Korea in the past week (90% of the sector ETFs underperforming KOSPI, 27 out of 30).


Korea Sector ETFs Weekly #2 [Week Ending 21 August 2026]