South Korea’s KOSPI has been on a rollercoaster ride, surging on AI stocks. Christy Tan, global investment strategist with Franklin Templeton Institute, joins Andrea Heng to discuss what’s driving the Korean stock market's volatility, the impact on the Korean won and why investors may need to actively rebalance diversified ETF portfolios.
Highlights:
00:00 Intro
01:32 What investors should worry about
02:55 What triggers a circuit breaker?
04:46 What drove the KOSPI volatility?
06:25 Risks of two-stock concentration
08:02 How FOMO fuelled AI investing
10:31 Is your ETF too AI-heavy?
13:20 Korea’s opportunities beyond AI
15:45 Why the Korean won weakened
19:26 Signs the KOSPI is stabilising
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