“Losses of 6.3 trillion won on leveraged products tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix” ... Investors in their 40s lost the most

[Financial News] Losses among individual investors in single-stock leveraged products based on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix exceeded 6.3 trillion won in about two and a half months. Investors in their 40s suffered the largest losses, at 2.053 trillion won, while total losses—including those realized through actual trades and valuation losses on products still held—reached 6.313 trillion won.
According to materials the Financial Supervisory Service submitted to the National Assembly’s Political Affairs Committee on the 21st, individual investors realized a total of 2.3242 trillion won in losses trading single-stock leveraged products tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix from May 27 through August 14.
The tally includes transaction records from 10 securities firms: Kiwoom, Mirae, Samsung, NH, Korea, KB, Shinhan, Meritz, Daishin and Hana. The losses were incurred over the roughly two and a half months since the products were listed on May 27.
Losses realized from selling shares were highest among investors in their 40s. Their trading losses totaled 712 billion won, while investors in their 50s lost 703.4 billion won.
Investors in their 30s lost 412.1 billion won, and those in their 60s lost 343.9 billion won. Trading losses totaled 76.1 billion won for investors in their 20s, 75.3 billion won for those aged 70 and older, and 1.4 billion won for those under 20.
Valuation losses on products that had not yet been sold were also concentrated among investors in their 40s. Their losses totaled 1.341 trillion won, the most of any age group. Investors in their 50s also recorded valuation losses of 1.1621 trillion won.
The figures were 679.1 billion won for investors in their 30s and 462 billion won for those in their 60s. Investors aged 70 and older lost 218.1 billion won, those in their 20s lost 119.7 billion won, and those under 20 had valuation losses of 6.8 billion won.
Adding realized trading losses of 2.3242 trillion won to unrealized valuation losses of 3.9888 trillion won brings total losses to 6.313 trillion won.
By age group, investors in their 40s had the largest total losses, at 2.053 trillion won. Those in their 50s lost 1.8655 trillion won, and those in their 30s lost 1.0912 trillion won.
Investors in their 60s recorded total losses of 805.9 billion won, while those aged 70 and older lost 293.4 billion won. Investors in their 20s lost 195.8 billion won, and those under 20 lost 8.2 billion won.
These age-group profit-and-loss statistics were calculated for accounts that bought or sold the single-stock leveraged products at least once between May 27, when the products were listed, and August 14.


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