Korea Market Crashes Are Luring Traders Hooked on Leveraged ETFs
In Hwaseong, about an hour south of Seoul, Park Eun-hye has been staying up well past midnight to load up on risky bets on South Korean stocks. Her go-to is KORU, a triple-leveraged ETF that magnifies every move — a type of product that has become almost an addictive pastime among the country’s day traders….