Wipeouts Threaten Korea Retail Army Chasing Riskiest Investments

October 20, 2025

Korea’s Great Yield Chase Ratchets Up Risk of a Leveraged Bubble – Bloomberg

When Tony Kim likes a stock, he goes all in. Literally.

The 34-year-old manager at a Seoul-based textile company never holds more than one stock in his 140 million won ($98,500) portfolio.