Stunning South Korea Stock Shock Triggers Circuit Breaker as Semi Names Strike FOMO
The Seoul market and select chipmakers around Asia saw wild volatility, but the chaos is highly sector-specific.
Asia’s Chip Stocks Set Records. Where Do We Go From Here?
The strong showing of East Asian equities stems from gains in memory stocks, as well as cheap currencies. What will the second half bring?
Should U.S. Investors Buy Into a Wall Street Listing for SK Hynix?
The market-share leader in High Bandwidth Memory chips is preparing the largest-ever listing on Wall Street for an Asian company. Is it a buy?
Korea’s ‘Black Tuesday’ Spills Over to Memory Makers Worldwide
This year’s top-performing stock markets are today’s heaviest decliners. How close to an end of the chipmaker and AI bull market do we stand?
Real Winners and Losers Emerge in Asia After Fed Meeting
Japan, Korea and Taiwan are setting new records, while a potential trade to exploit the high degree of leverage creeps into the system.
Japan Raises Rates to Highest Level Since Bubble Pop
The Bank of Japan has lifted the base rate to its highest level in 31 years, but is keeping its eye on business-to-business price hikes.
Global Central Banks Turn Hawkish on Inflation
Here’s how central banks around the world are attempting to respond to higher prices.
Alibaba Pushes Back on U.S. Punishment as Stock Dips
China’s tech industry got a domestic AI boost despite fresh allegations of ties to China’s military for Alibaba, Baidu and BYD.
Crackdown Hits Hong Kong Financials on Anniversary of Tiananmen Square
Hong Kong has been a key route for mainland Chinese citizens to get their money out of the grasp of the Communist Party.
SoftBank Overtakes Toyota as Japan’s Largest Company
Tech-stock gains have pushed TSMC, Samsung and Hynix into the $1 trillion club, while SoftBank is the largest Tokyo listing by market cap.