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Incredible! The South Korean market rallied sharply again today, with the KOSPI index jumping over 2.6% to fresh record highs! Its year-to-date gain has already exceeded 30%, making it the world's best-performing stock index: The chart below shows the KOSPI index trend since 1980: South Korea ETFs have performed even more impressively. $iShares MSCI South Korea ETF(EWY)$ has surged over 34% YTD, $Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF(FLKR)$ has gained over 33%, while the 3x leveraged South Korea ETF— $Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3x Shares(KORU)$ —has skyrocketed over 127%! Investors who bought South Korea ETFs have truly hit the jackpot! What's driving such feroc

Absolutely insane! Absolutely insane! Today, South Korea’s KOSPI Index exploded 6.84%, marking its largest single-day gain since late March 2020. Among them, Korea’s market heavyweight Samsung Electronics was nothing short of explosive, soaring 10.8% today, marking its largest single-day gain since late October 2008. What’s even more striking is that in just a few short years, the combined market capitalization of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix has surpassed that of $TENCENT(00700)$ and $BABA-W(09988)$ . The AI-driven wealth boom is truly eye-catching. Fueled by this surge, Korea-related ETFs have delivered eye-catching performance. $Direxion Daily MSCI South Kor

Last Friday, precious metals saw an epic meltdown — LME copper plunged 4%, gold crashed 9.5%, and silver collapsed 26.9%. Gold was down more than 12.6% intraday, marking its largest single-day drop in over 40 years, while silver plunged over 36% intraday, the biggest drop on record. The panic selling carried into today. Gold fell more than 8% intraday, sliding from its all-time high of $5,595 to below $4,500. Silver sank 14% intraday, tumbling from a record $121 to $73. LME copper dropped another 5%. Precious-metals ETFs were absolutely crushed. $ProShares Ultra Silver(AGQ)$ plunged 60% last Friday and fell another 16% overnight today. $MicroSectors Gold Miners 3x Leveraged ETN(GDXU)$ collapsed 39% last Fr

Last night, gold saw violent intraday swings, briefly surging to $5,595.4/oz, setting yet another all-time high. But sentiment flipped in an instant. Gold sold off sharply from the highs, plunging to an intraday low of $5,110.87, down more than 5.6%, marking the largest intraday drop since October 21 last year. Fortunately, the scare passed without disaster. Gold eventually closed only 0.69% lower, allowing investors to breathe a sigh of relief. Before the shock had fully faded, selling resumed today. Gold once again slumped more than 4.5% intraday, slicing through the $5,400, $5,300, and $5,200 psychological levels in quick succession, before bottoming out at $5,131.5. The rapid sell-off hammered gold miners. $Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co.,Ltd.(60

Absolutely wild. After years of declines, liquor stocks have staged a rare, across-the-board explosion. $Kweichow Moutai Co.,Ltd.(600519)$ , with a market cap of RMB 1.8 trillion, jumped more than 8.6%. $Wuliangye Yibin Co.,Ltd.(000858)$ , $Luzhou Laojiao Co.,Ltd.(000568)$ , $Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory Co.,Ltd.(600809)$ , and $Jiangsu Yanghe Distillery Co.,Ltd.(002304)$ all surged in unison — even liquor ETFs ripped higher. Hong Kong–listed liquor names were even crazier. $ZJLD(06979)$ soared over 12%, while the

Just now, lithography giant $ASML Holding NV(ASML)$ released its fourth-quarter earnings report, delivering explosive results. Pre-market shares surged as much as 5.47%, climbing above $1,454: As a result, semiconductor ETFs surged in premarket trading, with $VanEck Semiconductor ETF(SMH)$ climbing over 2.9%, $iShares Semiconductor ETF(SOXX)$ rising more than 3%, $Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF(SOXQ)$ gaining over 2.4%, and $Leverage Shares 2X Long ASML Daily ETF(ASMG)$ soaring by 10.1%! From an earnings standpoint, ASML’s fourth-quarter revenue came in at €9.72 billion, slightly

Yesterday, South Korea's stock market reached a total market capitalization of $3.25 trillion, surpassing Germany's $3.22 trillion to become the world's 10th largest stock market! From a year-to-date perspective, the KOSPI has surged more than 20%, making it the best-performing major equity index globally. In contrast, Germany’s DAX is up just 1.6% over the same period. South Korea's large-cap indices posted even stronger gains, with the KOSPI 100 index rising over 25% year-to-date and the KOSPI 50 index climbing more than 26%. Against this backdrop, Korean ETFs have shone brightly: $Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3x Shares(KORU)$ has delivered over 94% returns this year, $南方两倍做多海力士(07709)$ has sur

Over the past week, gold surged from $4,600 per ounce to a staggering high of $5,111, leaving observers stunned: As a result, gold ETFs have shone brightly: The 3x leveraged gold ETF— $MicroSectors Gold Miners 3x Leveraged ETN(GDXU)$ —has surged over 90% year-to-date! The 2x leveraged gold mining ETF— $Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares(JNUG)$ —has climbed over 58% year-to-date! The non-leveraged gold ETF— $abrdn Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETF(GLTR)$ —has gained over 30%! The largest gold ETF— $SPDR Gold ETF(GLD)$ —has risen over 17%! Amid the sharp rally, many retail investors have begun f

South Korean equities have roared into 2026. The KOSPI is up more than 17% year-to-date, leading global markets and emerging as one of the standout performers worldwide. Korea-focused ETFs have done even better. The 3x leveraged $Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3x Shares(KORU)$ has surged over 65% so far this year, the largest Korea ETF $iShares MSCI South Korea ETF(EWY)$ is up 19%, and Hong Kong–listed 7709 $CSOP SK Hynix Daily (2x) Leveraged Product(07709)$ has climbed about 30%. A market dominated by three names Unlike the US or A-shares, Korea’s market is extremely concentrated. Total market cap is about US$3 trillion, but

Trump has reversed his position once more. Speaking at the Davos Forum yesterday, he publicly dismissed any plans for military action to take Greenland. “This will probably be my biggest surprise,” he told the audience, “as people actually thought I’d use force.” Simultaneously, he posted on social media that the US would not levy tariffs on European countries opposing the potential Greenland acquisition, claiming a “framework for future agreement” has been established. Gold prices fell sharply in response, dropping over 1% intraday. $ETFS Physical Gold(GOLD.AU)$ declined in overnight trading: $SPDR Gold ETF(GLD)$ and $Gold Trust Ishares(IAU)$ slipped more than