"I Should Have Bought It Even in the Evening"... '280,000-Won Samsung and 1.9-Million-Won Hynix' Retail Investors Left in Regret, with No Time to React [World of Retail Investors]
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- 2026-05-12 06:00:00
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co. kr (end) / Yonhap photo \r [Financial News] Seo In-soo, 52, a pseudonym, could not hide his anxiety over the weekend after hearing that the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) had surged more than 5%.On top of that, news of a chip supply deal between Apple Inc. and Intel "made him feel that Samsung Electronics and SK hynix would jump sharply when the market opened on Monday." That intuition proved right. But the pain began then.
Even though he expected prices to rise, there was no immediate way to buy. The domestic after-hours market had already closed, and with the weekend keeping the market shut, he had no choice but to wait until Monday.
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Even while knowing the train had already left, he could not help but sigh, "I should have bought it in the Friday app session, even if only then. " "I knew it would rise, but I never expected it to keep rising like this".
43%. 11 yatoya@yna.Retail investors lament missing the rally Then, at 8 a. m.on the 11th, as soon as the pre-market session at NextTrade opened, Samsung Electronics jumped more than 7% and SK hynix surged more than 8%. It was exactly as Seo had expected.Still, he hesitated for a moment as he rushed to hit the buy button.
"What if it's already too high and this is the peak?" He wondered whether the stocks might spike quickly in the pre-market session and early trading, then gradually fall back.
In the end, Seo decided to wait a little longer.
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Both stocks set new all-time highs right after the market opened.
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SK Securities raised its target price for Samsung Electronics to 500,000 won and for SK hynix to 3 million won.85 million won, with both stocks setting fresh records.That suggests both stocks could rise to nearly twice their current levels.In addition, global investment bank JPMorgan Chase set its upper target for the KOSPI Composite Index at 10,000 points, while Goldman Sachs also raised its target to 9,000.But there are other views as well.
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9 million won, but downgraded its investment rating from Buy to Outperform.
43%. 11 yatoya@yna.IBK Securities also raised the possibility that the semiconductor cycle could peak in the second half of this year.
The sharp gains in semiconductor stocks recently mean short-term volatility could increase.
I don't want to become someone who keeps saying, "I should have bought, I should have sold, I should have held on".
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