Retail Investors Vow War If Short Sellers End Korea Stock Rally
- Retail traders have driven share market to record high
- Now they face threat from wagers that equities will drop
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Retail traders who drove record gains in South Korean stocks during the darkest days of the pandemic are bracing for a new threat -- the return of institutional players betting on share-price declines.
The world’s longest ban on short-selling stocks came to an end on Monday. Stocks fluctuated between gains and losses. Nevertheless, the end of the ban has individual investors scrambling for strategies to protect their portfolios.