In this week, an Intel patent application was published, revealing its proposed Cross-Batch Memory (XBM), an ultra high-bandwidth memory that offers some significant improvements over the current standard, which could be a direct competitor to HBM4 in the near future.
Leverage in South Korean stocks is out of control:
Assets under management (AUM) in South Korea's leveraged ETFs are up to a record ~$45 billion.
AUM has surged +800% since the start of 2026.
As a result, leveraged exposure as a % of free float market capitalization, the portion of shares actually available for public trading, is up to a record ~2.9%, more than TRIPLING since January.
Meanwhile, the Hong Kong-listed 2x leveraged long SK Hynix ETF rose to ~$15 billion in assets at its peak, the largest single-stock leveraged product in the world.
By comparison, four leading 2x leveraged long ETFs tracking Micron, $MU, Nvidia, $NVDA, Sandisk, $SNDK, and Tesla, $TSLA, have each never exceeded $10 billion in assets.
Leverage in Korea is at extreme levels.