Weekly summary of key global market issues and investment strategies.
The Week KOSPI Crossed 9,000 for the First Time — an HBM4E-Led Memory Rally, Warsh's Hawkish FOMC, an Intel-Apple Deal, and a Korea-Only Record High on a Juneteenth Holiday
A Volatile Week Shaped by Iran Missiles and a 3-Year-High CPI — From a KOSPI Circuit Breaker (-8.29%) to an +8% Rebound, with Ceasefire Hopes Turning the Weekend
From Record Highs to an AI/Chip Plunge — A Week When Broadcom's Guidance and a Hot Jobs Report Hit Multiples at Once
DELL After-Hours +15% Big Beat + KOSPI 8,476 Record High — A Week When AI Infrastructure Revenue Proved Pricing Power Twice
NVIDIA Full Beat + Samsung Strike Settlement — S&P 8-Week Win Streak, Dow All-Time High as KOSPI Surges 6.55% in Single Day
KOSPI hits 8,000 and crashes -6.12% the next day — AI super-cycle fundamentals and multiple limits collapsed into a 4-hour window
KOSPI 7,000 Breakout + Samsung's $1T Club + AMD/ARM Beats — Korea Memory's Pricing Power Exports to US
Big Tech 4 earnings and META -6.15% — for now, the market only watches one CapEx number
SK Hynix 72% OpMargin · Intel +2,800% Surprise — Korea-US Semis Hit Record Highs Together
Hormuz Blockade → Back-to-Back S&P 7,000 & 7,100 → NASDAQ 13-Day Streak (Longest Since 1992) — Historic Rally
Samsung's KRW 57T Surprise → US-Iran 2-Week Truce → V-Shaped Rebound Week
Q1 Worst Close → Sidecar Surge → Trump 'Stone Age' Shock — A Week of Historic Volatility
TurboQuant Shock + ECB Rate Hike Hint + 5th Straight Weekly Decline — A Week of AI Semiconductor and Oil Double Headwinds
Hormuz Ultimatum D-Day, MU Blowout Sell-the-News, BTC Breaks $70K — A Week of All-Out Risk
CPI 2.4% Relief vs WTI $98.71 — Stagflation Fears, BTC $72K Rebound
Iran War Day 7 — Hormuz Blockade, WTI $100 in Sight, KOSPI Circuit Breaker Crash