US stock market analysis and a foreigner’s perspective on Korean stocks.
TL;DR — SK hynix reported its most profitable quarter ever for Q2 2026 and the stock still closed down about 9.6%. Revenue of 79.32 trillion won and operating profit of 60.54 trillion won both landed under consensus, which sat near 84 trillion and 64 trillion. The shortfall was not weak demand. Quick answer: SK hynix…
TL;DR — Apple and Amazon reported record June-quarter results on the same night, July 30, 2026, and the market punished one and rewarded the other. Apple’s stock slid roughly 8% on weak forward guidance tied to memory and chip supply constraints. Quick answer: Apple and Amazon reported record June-quarter results on the same night, July…
TL;DR — Your limit order probably didn’t fill because the stock never actually traded through your price with enough size behind it. Seeing your number flash on a chart isn’t the same as trading at that number. Queue position matters, too — you can sit behind hundreds of shares at the identical price. Quick answer:…
TL;DR — Two markets. Two schedules. Here is the short version. The KRX runs about 9:00 AM-3:30 PM KST. The NYSE and NASDAQ run about 9:30 AM-4:00 PM ET. Under standard time, they never overlap. KOSPI closes hours before the US market even wakes up. Quick answer: Two markets. Two schedules. Here is the short…
TL;DR — Curious about Korean stocks? If so, you’ll probably line up KOSPI against the S&P 500 before anything else. Most foreign investors do. So here is how the two have actually stacked up. And what really drives the gap between them. Curious about Korean stocks? If so, you’ll probably line up KOSPI against the…
TL;DR — Here’s what I keep noticing. Most people crack open a dividend ETF fact sheet and go straight for the big yield number. The two or three figures that actually matter? Skimmed right past. I pulled a handful of popular dividend fund fact sheets one afternoon and lined them up side by side. Here’s…
TL;DR — You want dividend income in 2026 and you have two realistic routes: a US dividend ETF like SCHD or JEPI, or a won-denominated Korean fund like TIGER 배당성장. They are not interchangeable. You want dividend income in 2026 and you have two realistic routes: a US dividend ETF like SCHD or JEPI, or…