'I lost $14,000 in a month': Investors hit by Korean stock market's wild swings
Some traders are reeling from heavy losses after a brutal correction in South Korea's stock market.
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Notable Quotes
""It's going to sting and I'm going to have to work really hard to make up for this.""
— Yongjoon Kim , Other
""Thinking about it just brings tears to my eyes.""
— Woongsa Kim , Other
""generating the extreme euphoria that has moved some personal investors to take out loans to invest.""
— Tobias Reger , Other
""This was money I'd invested to save before planning to leave my job around October to start my own business.""
— Chanyong Park , Other
Key People
Chanyong Park is a marketing professional who experienced losses after investing in SK Hynix shares.
Frank Benzimra is the head of Asia equity strategy at Societe Generale.
Tobias Reger is an investment analyst who comments on the current state of personal investing.
APAC macro strategist at BNY.
Woongsa Kim is an investor whose tech stock investments experienced severe losses.
Yongjoon Kim is a bank worker who lost significant investments in the South Korean stock market.
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Some traders are reeling from heavy losses after a brutal correction in South Korea's stock market.
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