00:06U.S. 10-year Treasury yields just broke 5% for the first time since 2007, and Wall Street
00:13thinks a rate freeze would actually be worse. BlackRock just upgraded Korean stocks to overweight
00:19just three months after downgrading them. Samsung just quietly started producing test
00:25chips for Tesla at its Texas plant, months ahead of schedule. And a new mandatory tender
00:30offer rule just cleared a key National Assembly Committee, changing how M&A deals will work
00:37in Korea. It's Wednesday, September 16th. Here's what today's story could mean for the
00:43Korean market. The Fed is now seen as nearly certain to hike rates this week, and Wall
00:48Street strategists warn a surprise hold could actually rattle markets more than the hike
00:53itself. Meanwhile, BlackRock is reversing its June downgrade of Korean stocks after this
01:00summer's deleveraging reduced single-stock leverage risk. And Samsung is racing to capture booming
01:06AI chip demand as TSMC runs at full capacity elsewhere. Here's what the numbers show.
01:13The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.039% intraday, its highest since July 2007, as September rate
01:22hike odds rose to 94.5%, and a Reuters survey found 85 of 101 economists now expect a 25-basis
01:31-point
01:31hike. BlackRock upgraded Korea and other emerging markets to overweight from neutral, reversing a
01:39June downgrade, citing reduced leverage risk after margin debt fell 15.4% in a month, and a 34.2
01:46%
01:47projected earnings growth rate for emerging markets versus 20.3% for the U.S. Samsung began producing
01:53Test AI 5 chips for Tesla at its Taylor, Texas plant using 2nm technology, moving up its original
02:02November timeline as booming AI chip demand fills its Korean fabs, under a $16.5 billion supply contract.
02:10The KOSPI fell 0.85% to 6,627.26, its fourth straight decline, as foreigners and institutions
02:21sold a combined $2.5 trillion won, while individuals bought $832.4 billion won, even as the KOSDAQ rose
02:300.70% on battery stock strength. Korea's National Assembly Finance Committee passed a mandatory tender
02:38offer bill requiring acquirers crossing 25% ownership to offer all shareholders the same buyout price for
02:4650% plus one share, with violations now punishable by up to five years in prison. So what does this
02:53mean for investors watching the board today? Earlier, we said BlackRock just upgraded Korean
02:59stocks back to overweight. Here's what that actually means for you. That reversal specifically credits
03:05reduce leverage risk after this summer's forced deleveraging, not a change in the underlying chip
03:10story, so it's a signal that some of the volatility risk from single-stock leveraged ETFs has genuinely
03:16eased. Watch this week's Fed decision closely. A hike is now almost fully priced in, so the bigger
03:24market risk is actually a surprise hold, which strategists warn could rattle markets more than the
03:30hike itself. This is market context, not investment advice. What to watch? This week's FOMC decision,
03:39and accompanying dot plot for signals on further hikes into next year. Whether Samsung's Taylor
03:46plant reaches full production for Tesla's AI-5 chip by year-end as planned, and how the mandatory tender
03:52offer law changes deal structures once it clears final passage. That's today's AI Prism, stock investors.
04:00This episode was produced with AI assistance based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting and reviewed by a
04:07human editor. AI Prism is a Juan Ifra award-winning series. We'll be back tomorrow. You've been listening to
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