"Retail Investors Bought More on Every Dip..." 60% of Accounts Already in the Red, Worst Losses Among People in Their 40s and 50s

November 21, 2025 / News1 c News1 Ku Yun-seong / Photo = News1 [The Financial News] As the domestic stock market experiences roller-coaster volatility, it was found that around 60% of individual investors suffered losses this month. 59% of clients experienced stock investment losses in the first and second weeks of November On the 21st, News1 reported that, according to an analysis requested from a major securities firm, the account returns of investors during the first and second weeks of this month (based on trading days) were reviewed.
3% in the second week. 46% in the second week, partially recovering its losses.
November 21, 2025 / News1 c News1 Ku Yun-seong / Photo = News1 [The Financial News] As the domestic stock market experiences roller-coaster volatility, it was found that around 60% of individual investors suffered losses this month. 59% of clients experienced stock investment losses in the first and second weeks of November On the 21st, News1 reported that, according to an analysis requested from a major securities firm, the account returns of investors during the first and second weeks of this month (based on trading days) were reviewed.November 21, 2025 / News1 c News1 Ku Yun-seong / Photo = News1 [The Financial News] As the domestic stock market experiences roller-coaster volatility, it was found that around 60% of individual investors suffered losses this month. 59% of clients experienced stock investment losses in the first and second weeks of November On the 21st, News1 reported that, according to an analysis requested from a major securities firm, the account returns of investors during the first and second weeks of this month (based on trading days) were reviewed.
4 million won. Most clients lost less than 1 million won per week, but nearly 10,000 investors each week suffered losses exceeding 30 million won.
65% of People in Their 40s and 50s Suffer Losses. Tears Over Kakao and Battery Stocks Among clients holding stock balances, the highest proportion of losses was seen among men and women in their 40s and 50s, with about 65% of their accounts in the red.
For men in their 20s and 30s and women in their 30s, the proportion of loss-making accounts also exceeded 50%.
November 21, 2025 / News1 c News1 Ku Yun-seong / Photo = News1 [The Financial News] As the domestic stock market experiences roller-coaster volatility, it was found that around 60% of individual investors suffered losses this month. 59% of clients experienced stock investment losses in the first and second weeks of November On the 21st, News1 reported that, according to an analysis requested from a major securities firm, the account returns of investors during the first and second weeks of this month (based on trading days) were reviewed.November 21, 2025 / News1 c News1 Ku Yun-seong / Photo = News1 [The Financial News] As the domestic stock market experiences roller-coaster volatility, it was found that around 60% of individual investors suffered losses this month. 59% of clients experienced stock investment losses in the first and second weeks of November On the 21st, News1 reported that, according to an analysis requested from a major securities firm, the account returns of investors during the first and second weeks of this month (based on trading days) were reviewed.
Notably, underperforming stocks that contributed to investors' losses included Kakao Corporation and POSCO Holdings Inc.
These two stocks are currently trading at around 59,000 won and 320,000 won, respectively—less than half of their all-time highs (173,000 won and 763,000 won) set during the COVID-19 rally in 2021 and the battery sector boom in 2023.
gaa1003@fnnews.com Ahn Ga-eul Reporter