Seohak Ant, U.S. stock holdings again exceed $200 billion in 4 months

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Tae-jong = Seohak Ant, an individual investor who invests in the U.S. stock market,'s U.S. stock holdings (value) exceeded $200 billion again in four months.

According to Savero, the securities information portal of the Korea Securities Depository on the 7th, the amount of U.S. stocks held by domestic investors as of the 5th (as of the date of inquiry) was calculated to be $202.57 billion (KRW 268.3025 trillion).

It has been four months since June 4th ($201 billion) that Seohak Ant's U.S. stock valuation exceeded $200 billion.

The amount of U.S. stock reserves exceeded $200 billion for the first time ever on May 11 ($201.4 billion) as the U.S. stock market rose this year and individual investors continued to buy.

It then hit an all-time high on June 2 ($206.3 billion), and then, as the U.S. stock market was sluggish, it decreased to $194.84793 billion and $171.4658 billion at the end of June and July, respectively.

However, after rebounding to $188.36649 billion at the end of August, it increased to $194.2 billion at the end of last month.

The resumption of U.S. stock holdings is interpreted as the result of net purchases of U.S. stocks by individual investors continuing again, and the stock market, especially technology stocks, showing record highs every day recently thanks to optimism about artificial intelligence (AI).

Seohak Ants (foreign stock market investors), who had been net sellers in the U.S. stock market in April and May when they returned to the directorate position thanks to the government's transfer tax reduction benefits, turned to net buyers again starting last June ($632.96 million).

After accumulating a whopping $4,668.62 million in July, net purchases continued for four consecutive months through August ($1,962.34 million) and September ($1,012.8 million).

At the same time, the New York stock market, unlike the domestic stock market, which continues its sluggish trend, is meeting Seohak Ant's expectations by hitting an all-time high.

The representative index, S&P 500, and the Nasdaq index, which focuses on technology stocks, hit record highs on the 5th and 6th as expectations for corporate performance grew ahead of the third quarter earnings announcement season.

Among the stocks most owned by Seohak ants, Tesla ($22.1 billion) and Nvidia ($19.2 billion) still rank first and second, followed by Alphabet ($8.9 billion).

'SOXL DIREXION DAILY SEMICONDUCTORS BULL 3X SHS ETF', a leveraged ETF (exchange-traded fund) that tracks the US semiconductor index 3X, and 'INVESCO QQQ TRUST SRS 1' ETF, which tracks the Nasdaq 100 index, are also ranked 4th and 5th with $5.8 billion and $5.7 billion, respectively.