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Our stock market KOSPI closed last week with 3,000 line collapsed.
It is not easy to predict whether the stock market will go up or down, but you need to be cautious about investing in debt.
Reporter Jang Hoon-kyung on the report.
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Last Monday, the KOSPI, which exceeded the 3,200 line, fell for 4 consecutive days from the next day, eventually giving out the 3,000 line and ending this month.
In January alone, individuals who bought about 26 trillion won and institutions that sold 20 trillion won were engaged in a trading battle.
Foreigners who were watching overlooked over 5 trillion won last week.
In anticipation of a decline in the stock price of GameStop, a video game retailer in the US, the hedge fund forces that started short selling were pushed by ant investors and the stock price rose. .
[Oh Kun-young/Shinhan Bank, Vice President of Investment Products Services: (USA) I continue to have doubts that the central bank will do less to boost the economy.
It seems that there is a need to open up the possibility of a little bit of volatility in the market.]
There is also a great concern about'debt investment' in which debt is invested.
In the past month, individuals have bought Samsung Electronics stocks of more than 10 trillion won, but the stock price has fallen by more than 10% from the peak on the 11th.
Counter-selling is also on the rise, where stocks are bought by borrowing money from securities companies, but they are forcibly disposed of because they cannot pay back the money.
[Hwang Se-woon/Capital Market Research Institute Research Fellow: The risk of counter-trading is increasing, so it is necessary to take a fairly conservative approach to investing in debt.] The
Financial Services Commission announced that it would decide when to end the ban on short selling next month. , There is a prospect that it is likely to be extended by three months.
(Video editing: Kim Jong-woo)