This year, individual investors concentrated in the domestic and foreign stock markets amounted to 100 trillion won.
Investor deposits, which are waiting funds for stock purchases, also exceeded 56 trillion won, an increase of 29 trillion won from the end of last year.
30% of ant investors are in their 20s and 30s.
What is the reason for the growing proportion of young people in stock investment? The amount of money that individuals borrowed from securities companies for stock investment amounted to 17.2 trillion won, a three-fold increase from last March.
This is a surge in individual investors who are making high returns in a short period of time with borrowed money.
After the'dot-com bubble' 20 years ago and the stock-type fund craze 12 years ago, the direct investment craze of individuals is on the rise again.
One author, who became a hot topic by writing a paper on individual investors, said that all but two of the 200 people who have been to the so-called'stock trading room' for the past 10 years lost money and left the office.
In addition, individual investors are likely to take a cautious approach in the early stages to make a profit, but as the amount of investment increases, they are said to enter the stage of confirmation bias to believe only what they want to believe.
In the end, he says that even if the stock price falls, it can buy more and endure, which can lead to a bigger loss.
There is also pessimism that increasing investment with expectations based on the exceptional experience that the stock price has risen over the past seven months increases the probability of failure.
This week's <News Story> will focus on the reasons why'Donghak ants' are investing, investment methods that have changed from the past, and future prospects.