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The financial authorities’ ban on the local trading and brokerages of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will take an extended political turn, influenced largely by voter sentiment in the lead-up to the April 10 general election, according to market watchers.
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A growing number of local investors are increasing their holdings of U.S. and Japanese market shares, frustrated by the stagnant performance of Korean bourses, market watchers said Friday.
An office worker surnamed Lee received a text message about making “quick cash in less than a month.”
Stronger-than-expected chip exports will not be able to offset the country’s weak consumption brought on by high prices, high interest rates and a sustained construction slowdown amid real estate project financing woes, experts said Thursday.
Netflix and Tving may have to supplement the fast-depleting film fund, pending a government decision to charge over-the-top (OTT) media service providers hefty fees to create a more sustainable content generation system.
An office worker surnamed Park, 45, said he understands why men his age don’t want to eat out that often.
NH Investment & Securities has begun the process of listing three companies in the first quarter, in a sustained outperformance of its market peers over the past bullish year, market watchers said Monday.
A growing number of local brokerages are revising down their target prices for construction industry shares, in an attempt to better reflect the project financing risks highlighted by the case of Taeyoung Engineering & Construction's debt renegotiations, market watchers said Sunday.
Losses from equity-linked securities (ELS) tied to the performance of the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI) sold by Korea's top five commercial lenders have almost reached 230 billion won ($171 million) for this year, market watchers said Sunday. The high-risk, high-volatility index encompasses 50 shares of Chinese firms traded outside mainland China.