Korea launched 2x single-stock leveraged ETFs 9 weeks ago. Today the finance minister apologized for them in parliament, and the KOSPI got halted for the second day in a row
The trigger is almost absurd. \*\*SK Hynix posted the most profitable quarter in Korean corporate history - 60.5 trillion won in operating profit, up over 550%\*\* (Bloomberg) - and it still missed estimates. The stock fell about 10%, the index …