Watchdog warns of overheated single-stock leveraged ETF trading (opens original article in a new tab)

South Korea's financial watchdog warns retail investors about potential losses from highly volatile single-stock leveraged ETFs, which saw their market value more than double in a short period.

• Financial watchdog warns of potential losses for retail investors in single-stock leveraged ETFs.
• Underlying assets like Samsung Electronics and SK hynix show increased volatility due to AI-driven rally.
• Market value of single-stock leveraged ETFs more than doubled to 9.6 trillion won by June 12.