ETFGI reports 28 of the top 50 overseas securities purchased by Korean retail investors in August were ETFs listed in the United States and Japan

Press Release

LONDON — September 16, 2024 — ETFGI, a prominent independent research, events and consultancy firm specializing in providing subscription research on trends in the global ETFs industry, reported today that in August, 28 of the top 50 overseas securities purchased by Korean retail investors were ETFs listed in the United States and Japan. The number of ETFs on the list increased by 1 from 27 in July 2024, it is up by 2 from 26 in June 2024, and it is up by 5 from 23 in May 2024. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted)

 

Highlights

  • 28 of the top 50 overseas securities purchased by Korean retail investors in August were ETFs listed in the United States and Japan 
  • Seventeen of the twenty-eight ETFs on the top 50 list provide leverage or inverse exposure.
  • The largest purchase was US$3.81 billion of the Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bull 3X SHS ETF listed in the United States.

 

                          Top 10 overseas ETFs purchased in August 2024

ETF Name

Purchase Amount in USD

DIREXION DAILY SEMICONDUCTORS BULL 3X SHS ETF

 3,808,675,567

DIREXION SEMICONDUCTOR BEAR 3X ETF

 1,474,656,609

GRANITESHARES 2.0X LONG NVDA DAILY ETF

 1,135,132,366

PROSHARES ULTRAPRO QQQ ETF

 850,651,442

DIREXION DAILY TSLA BULL 2X SHARES

 650,461,834

PROSHARES ULTRAPRO SHORT QQQ ETF

 578,007,258

DIREXION DAILY 20 YEAR PLUS DRX DLY 20+ YR TREAS BULL 3X

 426,254,644

ISHARES 20+ YEAR TREASURY BOND ETF

 378,650,386

INVESCO QQQ TRUST SRS 1 ETF

 324,276,498

2X BITCOIN STRATEGY ETF

 267,756,813

Source, Korea Securities Depository.

 

The ETFs industry in Korea has 1,284 products, with assets of $129.96 billion, from 36 providers listed on the Korea Exchange at the end of August. According to data from ETFGI, 26.01 percent of the ETFs provide leverage or inverse exposure which account for 9.80% of the assets in the ETFs industry in Korea.

 

Asset Growth in the ETFs industry in Korea as of the end of August

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