That feeling of checking the exchange rate before bed I don’t know why I keep doing this, but every night around 11 PM, I find myself pulling up the exchange rate on my phone. It’s become a bit of a useless habit. Last week, when the yen hit that 40-year low point, I sat there…
Getting stuck in the math of my TMF holding I really thought I understood the math when I first started buying TMF. It felt straightforward enough—a triple-leveraged bet on 20-year US Treasuries. I bought in at 54 dollars, dropping about 9 million won, thinking that if rates just budged in my favor, the math would…
시장 변동성 속에서 코카콜라 주식을 다시 보는 이유 최근 반도체 섹터와 AI 관련주들이 기술적 변동성으로 흔들리면서 투자자들의 시선이 다시 경기방어주로 향하고 있습니다. 특히 워런 버핏이 30년 넘게 보유하며 ‘절대 팔지 않는 주식’으로 유명한 코카콜라가 사상 최고가를 경신했다는 소식은 많은 생각을 하게 만듭니다. 사실 투자자들 사이에서 코카콜라는 성장이 정체된 ‘지루한 주식’이라는 인식이 강했습니다. 하지만 요즘처럼 시장…
When Betting on Volatility Goes Wrong I remember back when I first looked at YINN—the 3x leveraged China equity ETF. It was one of those moments where the numbers looked too enticing to ignore. The market was buzzing about a ‘China rebound,’ and like many others, I thought I could time the bottom. I ended…
Managing Asset Portfolios within ISA Accounts Many retail investors in Korea are shifting their focus toward using Individual Savings Accounts (ISA) and pension savings accounts as core vehicles for long-term growth. When you log into apps like the newly updated Korea Investment & Securities MTS, you notice a clearer integration between your holding information and…
When the exchange rate becomes the main hobby I started buying US stocks about two years ago, back when everyone was talking about Vanguard ETFs and how stable they were compared to holding cash in a savings account. At the time, I thought I was being really calculated. I’d watch the dollar exchange rate like…
특정 산업이나 종목에 쏠린 비중 점검하기 최근 AI 관련 기업들의 주가 변동성이 커지면서 많은 투자자가 자신의 포트폴리오를 다시 들여다보고 있습니다. 특히 특정 섹터, 예를 들어 반도체나 AI 빅테크 기업에 자산의 80% 이상이 몰려 있는 경우 시장의 작은 흔들림에도 일상이 크게 흔들릴 수 있습니다. 기업의 실적이나 미래 가치가 여전히 유효하다고 판단하더라도, 수급의 악순환이나 레버리지 상품의 청산…
In my mid-30s, working in a corporate environment in Korea, I have seen plenty of colleagues obsess over SOXS and SOXL. I remember sitting at my desk during a market correction last year, watching an associate dump a significant portion of his bonus into SOXS, convinced that a massive crash was imminent. He was betting…
Staring at the blinking lights of the KOSDAQ I remember sitting in front of my monitor late in the evening when the US market was still deep in its own cycle, trying to keep track of the volatility. It’s funny how you start with these grand ideas about learning the nuances of the stock market,…
Watching the numbers shift on a Tuesday night I found myself staring at the DXVX ticker again late last night. It started as a casual curiosity because I kept seeing the name pop up alongside Hanmi Science in the news feeds. I am not a professional analyst, and honestly, the whole corporate governance drama surrounding…
When I first started looking at building a global portfolio, I treated it like a game of Tetris. I thought if I just picked the right mix of US tech stocks, some industrial ETFs, and a sprinkle of emerging markets, the blocks would lock into place and grow. But after actually going through this, I…
Getting stuck with too many dollars at Gimhae Airport I was heading out for a short trip and realized, while waiting at the gate, that my wallet was still full of random dollar bills from a previous trip to the States. I had three 10-dollar notes and three 1-dollar bills that I honestly didn’t want…