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iShares MSCI SouthKorea E.T.F.EWYDON'T BUYJul 13, 2018Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 18, 2026. Market Open.
South Korean stocks are undervalued. The economy is resilient, having endured Covid well and totally integrated into world supply chains. It's benefitted from some supply chain shift away from China. South Korea is attracting more foreign capital flows. Samsung is EWY's biggest holding at 22%.
The future is Asia ex-Japan. This is the most direct way to do it. The #1 holding, Samsung, is 22% of the fund. Country funds tend to have a premium on the MER. Better way would be to just buy Samsung. Once you deconstruct the ETF, you see that it relies on just 1 or 2 stocks.