South Korea Stock Boom: Why Kospi Is World’s Most Volatile Benchmark Stock Index

Investing in South Korea’s stock market has yielded huge returns this year, but it’s been a wild ride. Volatility on the benchmark Kospi Index has topped 60%, almost double that of Japan’s Nikkei 225. It’s even put the notoriously skittish cryptocurrency Bitcoin in the shade.

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