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Boboo, a little bear in a hot-air balloon, brings together original releases from exchanges, central banks and companies to tell the story of what is happening in markets. Rather than calling the bottom, we measure where each asset stands against its own history.

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2026-11 · 5 reports

#38Revisiting the Forest This Weekend#38 Weekend Edition — KOSPI −11.71% for the week (5,730.74 → 5,059.69), with a circuit breaker on 11/6. Philadelphia Semiconductor Index −12.25% on 11/5. Foreign investors sold a net KRW 11.1 trillion over five days. Our Deep Value Index combines three pillars—Value 40, Trend 30 and Absolute 30—to assess 223 stocks. Semiconductors fell sharply but were not yet cheap against their own history. Software and Big Tech led the sector rankings; Korean brokerages and Kia were closest to deep value among individual stocks.WeekendKorean stocks & flowsSemiconductors & AI#37The Ribbon and the WaterlineBoboo from Sky #37 reviews stock and asset moves in the first U.S. session after the midterm results (11/4), the outcomes of tests T1–T8 written in advance, the overnight path of Nasdaq 100 futures, overlapping events, and the first hour of the KOSPI.Big pictureMarkets abroadShareholder returns & policy#36The Order in Which the Fog LiftsOne-minute Kalshi prices, AP call times, KOSPI, USD/KRW and U.S. futures during the midterm count, with remaining counting dates and a five-minute election lens.Big pictureMarkets abroadShareholder returns & policy#35투표 전날의 가격표미국 중간선거 개표 전날, 네 갈래 의회 구성의 시장 가격과 선거 렌즈, 데이터센터 전기 요금 여론, 한국시간 개표 일정을 정리합니다.Big pictureMarkets abroadShareholder returns & policyKorean only#34The Wind Stays, the Sandbags ChangeWhat the U.S. midterms change and leave in place: Congress, dollar liquidity, data-center electricity bills and memory. A pre-count edition.Big pictureMarkets abroadRates, FX & money flows

2026-10 · 10 reports

#33The Receding ForestThe center of the sell-off, rising memory profits and customers' costs, and valuations relative to each asset's history — alongside Brazil, Argentina and crypto.WeekendKorean stocks & flowsSemiconductors & AI#32Profits Made the Summer; Funding Made the WinterConcentration in Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, profits and valuations in the rest of the market, money leaving the market, and comparisons with past bubbles.Big pictureSemiconductors & AIKorean stocks & flows#31The Shape of a Bubble Shapes Its DeflationThe day after Meta earnings, AI funding and interest rates, the change in October correlations, neglected assets, and lessons from past bubbles.Big pictureSemiconductors & AIRates, FX & money flows#30Memory's Competitive Edge Has Weakened. What About Equipment Makers?The 10/16 recovery, memory versus equipment, customer investment, dated backlogs, actual orders and investor flows after the sell-off.CloseSemiconductors & AI#29Only the AI Rope SnappedCircuit breakers in both markets, the AI-linked sector split, foreign selling, mechanical ETF exposure, Asia and TSMC after the October 15 close.CloseSemiconductors & AI#28(Flash Report) Korean Stocks Fall Sharply AgainAn intraday snapshot of another Korean sell-off: US inflation and yields, AI data-center debt, equipment stocks, margin loans and foreign flows.Flash · intradayKorean stocks & flowsSemiconductors & AI#27Same Wave, Different TiltThe October 13 close: two-stock concentration, individual and broker buying, foreign government-bond futures purchases, Asian comparisons and mechanical selling.CloseKorean stocks & flows#26(Flash Report) Korean Stocks Fall SharplyA 6,000 break intraday: CXMT DRAM plans, large-cap basket selling, buybacks approaching completion, and resilience in the won and government bonds.Flash · intradayKorean stocks & flowsSemiconductors & AI#25Where Resilience Comes FromShrinking buybacks, export receipts supporting the won, AI customers, borrowing costs, and the difference between model prices and observed oil-market constraints.Big pictureRates, FX & money flowsKorean stocks & flows#24When the Last Buyer LeavesSeptember buying shifted from individuals to corporate buybacks. Who fills the gap when the last buyers finish? Flows, completion timetables, precedents and falsification conditions.Big pictureKorean stocks & flows

2026-09 · 7 reports

#23The Barrel's RouteWhen crude is blocked, what happens along the oil industry chain? Seven months at eight companies, from Aramco inside the strait to producers, drillers, tankers and refiners.Big pictureOil, commodities & the Middle East#22The Cost of DelayOracle invoked force majeure at a Stargate site. Follow the cost of delay through developers, banks, long-term funding, power supplies and Korea after the holiday.Big pictureSemiconductors & AI#21Bargaining With Nothing to LoseHouthi coastal expansion, Iran's terms for ending the war and Saudi oil's detours reveal bargaining power and the burdens of holding territory. Announcements, actions and estimates remain distinct.Big pictureOil, commodities & the Middle East#20The Value of By-productsThe supply chain from sulfur to sulfuric acid, fertilizer and metals. We separate prices from pipelines and examine rates, copper, crypto and Korean trading flows.Big pictureOil, commodities & the Middle East#19The Value of a BarrelTwo sea gates closed within 48 hours. We follow oil, real yields and the routes carrying the price of a barrel to seven regions and Korea.Big pictureOil, commodities & the Middle East#18The Exchange Rate's MessageForeigners sold Korean stocks while the won strengthened. Follow the dollar through savings, hedges and five countries' balance sheets.Big pictureRates, FX & money flows#17The Value of SavingsRetail investors and companies bought while foreigners and pension funds sold. Savings and share buybacks reveal the last buyers in Korea and Japan.Big pictureKorean stocks & flows

2026-08 · 10 reports

#16The Value of a CompanyTender offers, share exchanges and rights offerings reveal who names the price of a Korean company—and who holds the bargaining power.Big pictureShareholder returns & policyKorean stocks & flows#15The Value of ComputeCompute futures and Treasury rate management reveal an architecture for funding growth, refinancing debt and shifting the costs of each move.Big pictureSemiconductors & AIRates, FX & money flows#14Those Who Came to Set the PriceTreasury buybacks, two Korean corporate boards and the won reveal how issuers and the plumbing of capital moved prices over four days.Big pictureRates, FX & money flows#13The Price of WaterReal yields, exhausted liquidity buffers and Treasury–Fed tensions explain money’s price, while gold, stablecoins and peripheral markets attach price tags first.Big pictureRates, FX & money flows#12A Blueprint for the WaterwheelHow institutions, taxes and low interest rates built Japan’s shareholder-payout machine.Big pictureMarkets abroad#11Three Forests AnswerJapan turned capital back, Korea let it flow, and China shut the gate. Exchange rates grade the three strategies.Big pictureMarkets abroadRates, FX & money flows#10Water Does Not Ask About FruitRecord foreign inflows meet shrinking US shareholder payouts. What does that structure imply for funding, debt and the allocation of losses?Big pictureMarkets abroad#09The Branch That Broke Under Its Own WeightOnly the KOSDAQ returned. Leverage, concentration and foreign flows explain two markets’ divergent recoveries.Big pictureKorean stocks & flows#08The Forest That Redirected the WaterHow institutions, ownership changes and the end of deflation reshaped Japan’s capital market after the bubble burst.Big pictureMarkets abroadShareholder returns & policy#07The Map of FruitA shareholder-payout scorecard for five markets: US leadership narrows, Japan catches up, and Korea changes fastest from the lowest level.Big pictureShareholder returns & policy

2026-07 · 6 reports

#06What Changed?Revisit the record rebound after record falls: what changed beneath the index, what did not, and what happened outside Korea.CloseKorean stocks & flows#0530 Years of History: Where We StandOur place in a 30-year history — the Asian financial crisis took 15 months; this took 3. China was the epicenter, but Korea was hit harder. A crash without fear.CloseKorean stocks & flows#04Only Our Forest ShookSomething unprecedented happened, yet only our forest shook — a forest hanging from one tree, a broken narrative, and debt-driven acceleration.CloseKorean stocks & flows#03The Gust That Lasted All DayJul 28, 2026 closing report — KOSPI −10.84%, final flows, margin loans by market, and what to watch tomorrowCloseKorean stocks & flows#02What Was Missing Was a BuyerA flash intraday edition as KOSDAQ crumbled — who sold, the semiconductor-equipment epicenter, and debt that had already left. (Intraday snapshot)Flash · intradayKorean stocks & flows#01First IssueReading markets like a forest viewed from the sky — our first issue. Seven days of descent, five forest stories, rivers of money, and Japan as a mirror image.Big pictureKorean stocks & flows

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