Crypto-Related Stocks & US Market

According to Lee Hwa-young, executive director at LG AI Research Institute, the institute recently developed a financial AI service that analyzes approximately 8,000 listed companies across the U.S. and South Korea to generate one-month-ahead corporate forecasts with explanatory scores. The system u

According to Bloomberg, China-based memory chipmaker Chanxin Storage (CXMT) will debut on Shanghai's STAR Board (科创板) tomorrow (July 27). At the IPO price, the company trades at a price-to-book ratio of approximately 2.4 times, representing a roughly 56% discount to the average valuation of global

Following AMD's 'Advancing AI 2026' conference in San Francisco, multiple Wall Street analysts upgraded price targets for the chipmaker. Futurum Equities raised its target to $800, representing 48% upside from current levels, with analyst Daniel Newman citing major partnerships including a 2GW AI co

Bank-affiliated securities firms in South Korea reported record-breaking profits for the first half, driven by a stock market boom that significantly increased trading volumes. NH Investment & Securities led with net profit of 965.2 billion won, up 107.6% year-over-year, while KB Securities

Korean corporate bond yields reached multi-year highs on the 24th, with AA- unsecured 3-year bonds hitting 4.653% — the highest level since November 14, 2023. The yield surge followed investor sentiment contraction triggered by the JR Global REIT and Joongang Group incidents, alongside escalating

According to Newsis, South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) signed investment cooperation memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with six major Silicon Valley venture capital firms on July 25 during a venture investment meetup in San Francisco. The six VCs—Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital,

According to Newsis, on July 26, major South Korean bank-affiliated securities firms reported record first-half net profits driven by a surge in stock trading activity. NH Investment & Securities posted 965.2

According to Reuters, SpaceX completed the 13th test flight of its Starship mega-rocket on July 24, 2026, marking the company's first successful orbital test since its public listing. The achievement comes as SpaceX's stock has declined approximately 50% since the

According to Korea Exchange and Koscom, retail investors reversed course on July 24, purchasing 4.5 trillion won in single-stock leverage ETFs tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix after regulators delayed a major regulatory tightening. The shift followed sharp selling pressure on July 21-23,

SK Hynix will announce its Q2 2026 earnings on the 29th, with securities firms forecasting operating profit exceeding 6.4 trillion won based on explosive memory demand and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market leadership. The projected Q2 operating profit surpasses the company's entire 2025 full-year o

According to securities consensus reported on July 26, SK Hynix will announce its second-quarter earnings on July 29. The company is forecast to report operating profit exceeding 64 trillion won, with an operating margin of 75% or higher. This forecast reflects explosive memory demand and the compan

Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, and Paramount stocks declined over the recent 3-month period as of the 24th, with Netflix down 24.2%, Disney down 7.6%, WBD down 4.8%, and Paramount down 25.2% on the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street's focus has shifted from subscriber growth to return on

According to Wells Fargo, Disney shares fell 7.6% in the past three months as of July 24, joining other major streaming platforms in recent declines. Netflix dropped 24.2%, Warner Bros. Discovery fell 4.8%, and Paramount Skydance declined 25.2% during the same period. Wells Fargo released a

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks experienced sharp declines in the previous trading session, with Samsung falling 6.48% to close at 252,500 won and SK Hynix dropping 6.67% to 1,791,000 won, according to Korea Exchange data. The decline was driven by large-scale foreign investor selling, with

According to Korea Securities Depository, Korean retail investors saw net purchases of $2.596 billion in U.S. stocks from July 1-24, surging fourfold compared to June's $632.96 million and marking the largest monthly volume in five months. The buying spree reflects renewed investor appetite

According to South Korea Exchange, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix dropped sharply on July 25, with Samsung falling 6.48% to 252,500 Korean won and SK Hynix declining 6.67% to 1,791,000 won. The selloff was driven by combined pressures including rising crude oil prices and interest rates, foreign i

According to TheStreet, economist Peter Schiff recently warned that SpaceX stock decline may signal rising risks tied to overvalued AI stocks and crypto assets. Schiff suggested the pullback reflects broader investor caution toward hot-performing assets rather than a company-specific

Finance Minister Park Hong-geun announced on Sunday that South Korea's tax revenue is projected to exceed 500 trillion won next year, driven by an AI-fueled semiconductor boom. Speaking on KBS 'Sunday Diagnosis,' Park attributed the revenue surge to structural changes in semiconductor demand

Korean investors net purchased $2.596 billion of US stocks from July 1 to 23, quadrupling the June amount of $632.96 million, as the KOSPI fell 21.1% from 8476.48 on June 30 to 6690.62 on July 24. The surge in US stock purchases reflected investor response to the sharp domestic market decline.

South Korea's National Pension Service showed net buying of 68.4 billion won in the securities market from the 1st to 24th this month, according to Korea Exchange data released on the 26th. The pension fund's shift to net purchasing marks a reversal from six consecutive months of net selling that