Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 30 years of experience in the Korean/Asian equity research. Major sectors coverage include the following:
- Technology 
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Tender Offers/M&As
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

KOSPI200 Rebalance - What's In Store for Bottom 10%?

KOSDAQ150 Rebalance Preview: The Final Cut

KOSPI200 Rebalance Preview: The Final Cut

KOSDAQ150 Rebalance Preview - Strong Performance Despite Market Volatility

Cross Asset Strategy

In this insight, we provide additional insights regarding the upcoming KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 rebalancing. According to the KRX, it plans to announce the KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 rebalanced stocks at the end of May and the changed KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 indices will be effective starting 12 June.We have broken down the potential inclusions into KOSPI 200 KOSDAQ 150 into 3 major categories including the following:<ul>
<li>Share price performances YTD</li>
<li>Market Cap</li>
<li>Operating Profit Growth Momentum</li>
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Combining all of these three factors, the top five companies in our list including Zinus, Hwa Sung Enterprises, F&amp;F, Cuckoo Homesys, POSCO Chemtech, and Cuckoo Homesys are the ones that not only are potential inclusions in KOSPI 200 but also those that can potentially outperform the market after being included in KOSPI 200. 
Combining all of these three factors, the top five companies in our list including ITM Semiconductor, Cowintech, Daou Data Corp, Ebest Investment &amp; Securities, and Neowiz Games are the ones that not only are potential inclusions in KOSDAQ 150 but also those that can potentially outperform the market after being included in KOSDAQ 150.  
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In this insight, we provide additional insights regarding the upcoming KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 rebalancing. According to the KRX, it plans to announce the KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 rebalanced stocks at the end of May and the changed KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 indices will be effective starting 12 June.We have broken down the potential inclusions into KOSPI 200 KOSDAQ 150 into 3 major categories including the following:
Share price performances YTD
Market Cap
Operating Profit Growth Momentum

Combining all of these three factors, the top five companies in our list including Zinus, Hwa Sung Enterprises, F&amp;F, Cuckoo Homesys, POSCO Chemtech, and Cuckoo Homesys are the ones that not only are potential inclusions in KOSPI 200 but also those that can potentially outperform the market after being included in KOSPI 200. 
Combining all of these three factors, the top five companies in our list including ITM Semiconductor, Cowintech, Daou Data Corp, Ebest Investment &amp; Securities, and Neowiz Games are the ones that not only are potential inclusions in KOSDAQ 150 but also those that can potentially outperform the market after being included in KOSDAQ 150.  


Lotte Tour Development Co, Ltd. (032350 KS)

Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp (298040 KS)

KOSPI 200 & KOSDAQ 150 Rebalancing in June Update