5,000 KOSPI Era Opens: Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, Hyundai Motor Rally Together | Yoo Yong-seok, Vincent, Pyeon Da-song

'오천피' 시대 개막..삼전·하닉·현대차 동반 랠리 | 유용석, 빈센트, 편다송 [밥 보다 투자 하나]
Watch on YouTube ↗  |  January 22, 2026 at 03:10  |  39:48  |  3PRO TV (삼프로TV)
Speakers
Yoo Yong-seok — Deputy Manager
Pyeon Da-song — Host

Summary

The video discusses the KOSPI reaching the 5,000 level and how wealthy Korean investors are positioning. Yoo Yong-seok emphasizes semiconductors as the market's engine, treasury-share cancellation and dividend-tax reform as valuation catalysts, and specific high-buyback names. The group also reviews KOSDAQ biotech weakness, Alteogen's royalty miss, and using the KOSDAQ 150 ETF as a diversified way to wait for a rebound.

  • KOSPI reached the 5,000 level and wealthy investors are described as still staying invested.
  • Korean semiconductors are repeatedly called the core engine of the market, with Vincent saying to buy more.
  • Commercial Act amendments and mandatory treasury-share cancellation are expected to lift shareholder returns and valuations.
  • Specific high-treasury-share names mentioned include Shinyoung Securities, Mirae Asset Securities, Daishin Securities, DB Insurance, and Kumho Petrochemical.
  • Dividend income separate taxation could move money from deposits, bonds, and real estate into large-cap quality dividend stocks.
  • KOSDAQ and biotech remain weak, with Alteogen hurt by a royalty miss; the KOSDAQ 150 ETF is suggested as a diversified way to wait.
  • Stock lending and short selling are discussed as practical market services rather than directional trades.
  • Final advice is not to exit Korean equities until semiconductor fundamentals clearly break.
Ideas
Yoo Yong-seok Deputy Manager 3:00
Korean market engine remains semiconductors.
He says the Korean stock market's engine is semiconductors. Semiconductor industry conditions are strong and investor liquidity remains supportive, so semiconductors are the area investors should keep watching and buying.
Buy more Korean semiconductors now.
Vincent remains strongly bullish on Korean semiconductors and says investors should buy more. He acknowledges credit concerns, high P/E ratios, earnings-season worries, and Trump tariff headlines, but argues these are already known bad news, and the market has learned that tariff shocks do not necessarily depress prices, so he keeps a buy-more stance.
Yoo Yong-seok Deputy Manager 7:19
Treasury-share cancellation lifts Korean valuations.
The third Commercial Act amendment is expected to require cancellation of newly acquired and existing treasury shares within set periods and to ban using treasury shares for exchangeable bonds. This should lift shareholder returns, ROE, EPS/BPS growth, and valuation multiples, and many companies have already increased buybacks and cancellations.
Yoo Yong-seok Deputy Manager 15:06
Buy high-treasury Korean securities firms.
Shinyoung Securities has a treasury-share ratio above 50%, while Mirae Asset Securities and Daishin Securities are above 20%. In the KOSPI 5,000 era, securities earnings are strong, and mandatory treasury-share cancellation should further highlight their value.
Yoo Yong-seok Deputy Manager 15:37
DB Insurance offers high dividend, buyback yield.
DB Insurance has a dividend yield around 6-7% and a high treasury-share ratio, making it attractive to asset owners as a dividend stock, especially ahead of March-April shareholder meetings and treasury-cancellation expectations.
Yoo Yong-seok Deputy Manager 15:53
Kumho Petrochemical benefits from turnaround, buybacks.
Kumho Petrochemical has a high treasury-share ratio and is part of the petrochemical sector's restructuring and turnaround, making it a cyclical beneficiary of mandatory treasury-share cancellation.
Yoo Yong-seok Deputy Manager 18:43
Dividend tax cut favors Korean large-cap value.
The new dividend income separate taxation will cut taxes on cash dividends for high-income investors and could move hundreds of trillions of won from deposits, bonds, and real estate into dividend-paying stocks. This should improve demand for large-cap value, quality, high-dividend Korean stocks.
Yoo Yong-seok Deputy Manager 25:45
Wait on Alteogen after royalty miss.
Alteogen's royalty came in below expectations, causing a sharp negative reaction. However, other royalties could reach 4-5%, and because market liquidity is rotating, investors who did not sell into the bad news can wait for a potential recovery rather than panic.
Yoo Yong-seok Deputy Manager 27:06
Korean biotech watches for event-driven rebound.
KOSDAQ's recovery needs biotech, which is roughly half of the index. Although rate-cut expectations have been pushed back and Alteogen's royalty miss hurt sentiment, biotech is event-driven and large licensing deals can turn the sector; policy support and risk-capital flows could reach biotech first.
Yoo Yong-seok Deputy Manager 28:46
Buy KOSDAQ 150 ETF for rebound.
He prefers the KOSDAQ 150 ETF over individual biotech stocks because KOSDAQ is roughly half biotech, the government is promoting KOSDAQ, and securities firms' risk capital flows could support the index; if KOSPI rises to 6,000-7,000, KOSDAQ should eventually rise too, and the ETF captures that without single-stock volatility.
Yoo Yong-seok Deputy Manager 38:29
Stay long Korean equities, watch semiconductors.
He says investors should not get off the bus yet. Ultra-high-net-worth investors are still invested and not selling, the domestic market has non-taxation and policy support, and the market's engine is semiconductors; the trip only ends when semiconductor fundamentals break.
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Speakers: Yoo Yong-seok, Vincent  · Tickers: Korean semiconductor sector, Korean high treasury share ratio stocks, 001720.KS, 006800.KS, 003540.KS, 005830.KS, 011780.KS, Korean large-cap value/quality dividend stocks, 196170.KQ, Korean Biotech/Pharma Sector, KOSDAQ 150 ETF, EWY