Get rid of your impatience. We're almost at the end. 'The chance to grow your account comes at this time' / 2 PM institutional bomb selling... What is the real reason for the stock plunge? | Hwang Yu-hyun Team Leader

[#RealMarket] Get rid of your impatience... We're almost at the end. "The chance to grow your account comes 'at this time'" / 2 PM, institutional bomb selling... What's the real reason for the stock plunge? | Hwang Yuhyun Team Leader

Watch on YouTube ↗ | September 03, 2026 at 11:00 | 26:08 | 815 Money Talk (815머니톡)

Speakers

Hwang Yoo-hyun — Private Banker Team Lead, NH Investment & Securities

Summary

Shinhan Investment PB team leader Hwang Yu-hyun reviews a volatile KOSPI/KOSDAQ session, attributing afternoon selling to Iran fears, yen strength, and institutional futures selling. He argues bad news is near exhaustion and that Korean equities have a better probability of improving from here, but near-term leverage should be avoided and buying should be split. He highlights cosmetics ODM leaders and AI data center value chain names as key sectors, while warning against cosmetic latecomers and waiting for post-Chuseok conditions to grow accounts.

KOSPI closed slightly higher but KOSDAQ fell 1.7%; afternoon selling accelerated after Iran headlines and yen strengthening.
Leverage/margin balances are excessive relative to deposits, so credit and leveraged ETFs should be reduced.
The speaker sees bad news as near its late stage and expects better improvement probabilities from current levels.
He recommends split buying/selling in volatile conditions and warns against aggressive bets until after Chuseok.
Cosmetic ODM leaders such as Kolmar Korea, Cosmax, and Cosmecca Korea are consolidating and may offer buy opportunities.
AI data center value chain names are rotating but have not yet formed a clear trend.
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix remain rangebound; watch for resolution on good or bad news.

Ideas

Hwang Yoo-hyun Private Banker Team Lead, NH Investment & Securities 3:38

Reduce leverage and margin exposure now.

Korea's margin/credit balance has risen back to about 33 trillion won, and adding leveraged ETF balances of roughly 5-6 trillion puts leveraged funds near 40 trillion won against only about 100 trillion won in deposits, which is excessive. With macro uncertainty, dried-up trading value, and repeated afternoon selling, any new bad news can trigger forced selling, so investors should cut credit/leverage exposure and keep cash rather than chase aggressively.

Hwang Yoo-hyun Private Banker Team Lead, NH Investment & Securities 12:16

Korean equities near bad-news exhaustion.

The speaker believes the negative macro news, especially Iran/oil and rate-related issues, is near its late stage and that the freshness of bad news is fading. From current levels, the probability of improvement is higher than the probability of further meaningful deterioration. However, a final selling climax could still occur, so he advises holding cash and waiting until after Chuseok for the higher-conviction account-growing window rather than making aggressive bets now.

Hwang Yoo-hyun Private Banker Team Lead, NH Investment & Securities 16:26

Watch Samsung and Hynix range resolution.

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix have not completed a technical rebound and have not confirmed a bottom. They are trading inside a narrowing range between key moving averages, and as those averages converge the range is getting smaller. The speaker says the next direction will be determined by whether good news or bad news emerges when the range resolves.

Hwang Yoo-hyun Private Banker Team Lead, NH Investment & Securities 17:59

Watch AI data center value chain rotation.

AI data center value chain is one of the two main sectors. Funds have rotated through secondary batteries, SK Telecom, power equipment, shipbuilding, steel, and construction on AI data center issues. Power equipment names such as Hyosung Heavy Industries, Sanil Electric, LS Electric, and HD Hyundai Electric had long rests and showed late-session rotation, but the speaker says a meaningful trend does not yet exist and this is still the early stage of whether a trend will form.

Hwang Yoo-hyun Private Banker Team Lead, NH Investment & Securities 18:20

Buy cosmetics ODM leaders after consolidation.

Cosmetics-led consumer names are one of the two main sectors. The ODM leaders such as Kolmar Korea, Cosmax, and Cosmecca Korea led the rally from early August and are now in a normal rest/consolidation phase rather than a deep breakdown. The speaker expects that after the adjustment ends, these names will again give tradeable buying opportunities.

Hwang Yoo-hyun Private Banker Team Lead, NH Investment & Securities 19:19

Avoid late-rising cosmetics laggards now.

APR, Amorepacific, LG Household & Health Care, and Dalba Global were late followers in the cosmetics trade, rising only from mid-August after the ODM leaders had already moved. When funds concentrated, there was no one left to keep buying these already-crowded names, so the move broke down. The speaker warns investors to be cautious about these late-rising cosmetic laggards.

Hwang Yoo-hyun Private Banker Team Lead, NH Investment & Securities 23:10

Fade foreign futures buying signals.

Ahead of futures expiration, foreign investors had cut their futures position to around 20,000 contracts. The speaker says that if foreigners start buying futures and pushing the index higher, it likely reflects arbitrage or opposite positioning and next-day reversal risk, so investors should reduce arbitrage-related exposure. If foreigners instead reduce futures, that is safer. The key edge is that market makers tend to position opposite to retail expectations.

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This 815 Money Talk (815머니톡) video, published September 03, 2026, features Hwang Yoo-hyun discussing Leveraged ETFs, EWY, KOSDAQ, 005930.KS, 000660.KS, Korean AI data center value chain, 298040.KS, 010120.KS, 267260.KS, 006400.KS, L&F, SK Telecom, 000720.KS, 004020.KS, 161890.KS, Cosmax, Cosmecca Korea, APR, 090430.KS, LG Household & Health Care, AP, KOSPI 200 futures. 7 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Hwang Yoo-hyun · Tickers: Leveraged ETFs, EWY, KOSDAQ, 005930.KS, 000660.KS, Korean AI data center value chain, 298040.KS, 010120.KS, 267260.KS, 006400.KS, L&F, SK Telecom, 000720.KS, 004020.KS, 161890.KS, Cosmax, Cosmecca Korea, APR, 090430.KS, LG Household & Health Care, AP, KOSPI 200 futures