Summary
Park Se-ik reviews news about Samsung and SK Hynix single-stock leveraged ETF mania, the AI semiconductor rally, valuation analysis, the Dow vs S&P divergence, and the surge in Korean SI stocks tied to AI data centers. He highlights that Samsung and SK Hynix remain cheap on forward P/E despite record highs.
- Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix continue to rally, hitting record market caps above $1 trillion.
- AI infrastructure investment is sustained by a prisoner's dilemma among Big Tech, supporting continued semiconductor demand.
- Forward P/E for Samsung and SK Hynix (~6x) is far below historical averages (~12x and ~10x), suggesting further upside.
- Leveraged single-stock ETFs for the two stocks saw huge trading volume and led to website outages and LP manipulation concerns.
- Seohee Construction holds large stakes in tech stocks but trades at a deep discount due to governance and shareholder return issues.
- Dow Jones underperforms S&P 500 as AI-heavy tech stocks dominate, but long-term correlation remains high.
- Korean SI companies (Samsung SDS, Hyundai AutoEver, LG CNS) jumped on expectations of AI data center buildout.