South Korea's semiconductor exports hit a record $37.16 billion in May 2026, up 169.4% year-over-year, driven by global AI chip demand, prompting the government to raise its 2026 GDP growth forecast t…
BlackRock's iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) pulled in a record $281 million on February 12, driven by investor demand for SK Hynix, which accounts for roughly 23% of the fund's holdings. The memory…
US chip and memory stocks lost over $1 trillion in market value in a brutal selloff triggered by Broadcom's AI chip guidance falling short of analyst expectations and a strong jobs report raising rate…
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) has fallen over 11% from its June 2026 high, erasing roughly $1.5 trillion in market value since late June, as waning AI-driven enthusiasm pushes memory-chip…
Mizuho Securities analyst Daniel O'Regan named Micron Technology the third most important stock globally behind Nvidia and Alphabet, citing AI-driven demand that has sold out all of Micron's 2026 high…
Huawei is building its own DRAM fabrication plants, likely through a joint venture with SwaySure (SWX), according to analysts and media reports. The move aims to address a global DRAM shortage driven …
Global investors poured a near-record $120.8 billion into U.S. stocks in May, the second-highest monthly inflow ever, according to Treasury International Capital data, driven by a fear of missing out …
Chip stocks continued to sell off in pre-market trading Thursday after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM) failed to impress Wall Street with its robust earnings, exacerbating turmoil in …
Technology stocks led global markets lower Thursday, with the Nasdaq futures down 0.8% as chip and memory companies like Western Digital and SanDisk fell over 7%, amid investor concerns that AI-driven…
Leveraged exchange-traded funds have become a dominant force in South Korea's stock market, amplifying volatility in semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix as retail and institutional m…
SK Hynix, the South Korean semiconductor company controlling roughly 57% of the global high-bandwidth memory market, landed on the Nasdaq on July 10 with a $28-29 billion American Depositary Receipt l…
Southeast Asia risks missing the AI boom because the region 'has not really moved up the value chain' and contributes only 6% of global intermediate manufacturing versus 15% for China, Standard Charte…
SK Hynix completed a $26.5 billion American Depositary Receipt debut on Nasdaq on July 10, 2026, but shares fell 15.37% on July 13, dragging the Kospi index down over 9% and triggering trading halts. …
Senior US lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration to ban Chinese memory chip suppliers ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC), both on the Pentagon's 126…
Oil prices fell early Thursday, with Brent crude dropping 0.4% to $84.55 a barrel and US crude down 0.2% to $79.34, despite intensified US strikes against Iran and ongoing tensions in the Persian Gulf…
Asian shares mostly declined Thursday, with South Korea's Kospi plunging 6.6% after the Bank of Korea raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 to curb inflation from the Iran war, while sel…
Semiconductor stocks across Asia plunged on June 22, with South Korea's KOSPI index triggering a circuit breaker after falling nearly 10%, as SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics each dropped approximatel…
Asian equities dropped on Thursday, led by a 4.5% decline in South Korea's Kospi, as a sell-off in semiconductor stocks revived concerns about the sustainability of the artificial intelligence trade. …
Global investors shut out of ChangXin Memory Technologies Inc.'s planned $9.8 billion IPO, China's biggest in nearly four years, are turning to proxy trades such as shares of financial intermediaries …
SK Hynix's American Depositary Receipt began trading on Nasdaq around July 10 under ticker SKHY, and within days GraniteShares, ProShares, and Direxion launched 2x leveraged ETFs tied to the stock, un…