6/13, 07:56 AM
Q&A Archive
A daily collection of questions and answers
33 questions total
2026-06-13
Gold is a safe-haven asset and copper is a cyclical industrial metal, yet both rose more than 3% yesterday. How can metals with opposite characteristics rise on the same day? I don't understand what it means.The KOSPI rose 4.6% today and foreign investors started buying after 25 sessions. Is this a genuine reversal signal, or is it temporary? I heard about MSCI Watch List candidacy — how significant is that actually?Bitcoin has been seeing ETF outflows for 13 consecutive days and the fear index is reportedly at near-record lows. Is this a buying opportunity or a signal that more downside is ahead? The stock market has bounced — why is only Bitcoin in extreme fear?
2026-06-12
On the day Oracle fell 12% after announcing its AI investment, semiconductor equipment stocks rose 8%. It was the same AI spending news — so why did one side rally while the other sold off? Who is actually making money from the AI boom?SK Hynix posted record earnings and semiconductor exports rose +205%, yet foreign investors have been net sellers of KOSPI for 10 consecutive sessions. With fundamentals this strong, why do foreigners keep selling?May CPI hit 4.2%, a three-year high, yet core inflation excluding energy is just +0.2% — extremely low. Is this a genuinely dangerous inflation environment, or something that resolves naturally once the oil shock passes? Could a rate hike actually happen by year-end?
2026-06-11
Oracle and SMCI both reported strong AI results and record-level backlogs, yet their stock prices collapsed. Shouldn't strong results lead to higher stock prices?SpaceX lists on Nasdaq tomorrow (June 12). What impact will this have on my QQQ or Nasdaq ETF holdings, and should I buy SpaceX directly?Next week, Warsh chairs his first FOMC. What's different about him versus Powell that's making the market nervous? What could happen going forward?
2026-06-10
The KOSPI surged 8% yesterday, yet I hear the fear index is at an all-time high. Is another crash coming after this sharp rebound, or is this actually the bottom?NVIDIA's CEO came to Korea in person and announced an AI data center at Saemangeum. Among SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor, and LG, who is the real beneficiary — and why did the stocks fall anyway when the announcement sounded so positive?Gold is at $4,283 and J.P. Morgan reportedly forecasts $6,300 by year-end. With the Fed likely to raise rates, isn't a rate hike bad for gold? Is it still a good time to buy?
2026-06-08
Oil has risen to $93, yet energy stocks (XLE) actually fell -1.84%. If war drives oil prices up, shouldn't energy companies profit more? Energy stocks surged sharply during Russia's war in 2022 — why is the opposite happening now?EWY, which holds Korean stocks but trades in the U.S., fell more than twice as much as the KOSPI. The KOSPI was -6%, but EWY was -14% — aren't they both Korean stocks? Why does buying through the U.S. mean more pain?On a day when stocks, bonds, and gold all fell, only Bitcoin rose +3.6%. Has Bitcoin finally become a safe haven? Ethereum also rebounded alongside BTC, but I've heard there are structural problems with it — which is better, BTC or ETH?