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Boring Country ETF Secretly High
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AI-generatedThe ETF's performance is driven by AI memory demand from Samsung and SK Hynix, key suppliers of HBM for NVIDIA GPUs. The fund has shifted from a broad country ETF to a concentrated play on AI memory, with additional support from Korea's value-up program. The channel is demand_spike for HBM memory, benefiting South Korean memory manufacturers and the ETF.
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- iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) up 80% YTD and 200% over past year.
- Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix represent nearly half of EWY holdings.
- These companies dominate high-bandwidth memory market essential for NVIDIA's GPUs.
- Korea's Corporate Value-Up program aims to enhance corporate governance and shareholder payouts.
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