Retail Traders Cut Margin Loans as Tech Stocks Swing Wildly

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Retail investors in South Korea, Taiwan, and mainland China have slashed their margin loans by more than 10% since late June, according to Bloomberg-compiled data, as a collapse in technology stocks forced them to close out positions. In Taiwan, margin loans fell for six consecutive trading days to their lowest level since May. Korea-listed leveraged exchange-traded funds tied to Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. saw assets under management plunge to $4.1 billion as of Thursday from more than $11 billion on June 25, with flows turning negative over the past two weeks. Ivan Feinseth, chief investment officer at Tigress Financial Partners, described the large-scale deleveraging as a healthy market reset that removes speculative excess and reduces forced selling. The rapid buildup of retail borrowing had been a key driver of the region's rallies earlier this year, but heavy concentration in semiconductor shares and extreme leverage left markets vulnerable when sentiment around global artificial intelligence stocks soured.

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