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From FOMO To Oh No! Koreans Face Massive Forced Liquidations As AI Bubble Bursts Korean retail investors’ aggressive leveraged bets on the market’s two dominant AI/Semi names - Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix - are now colliding with a sharp KOSPI correction, triggering the largest wave of forced stock sales in years and raising the specter of a self-reinforcing liquidation spiral. At its peak last week, the benchmark KOSPI index  was up 100% for 2026, rivaling the Nasdaq 100 Index’s 102% surge in 1999 - right before the bubble burst... Last week...

Kushner Holds Talks With Netanyahu On Gaza Peace Plan Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner was meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Aug. 17 as Washington sought Israel’s support for a 15-point roadmap aimed at advancing President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. Monday’s discussions were expected to focus on dismantling Hamas’s military capabilities, transferring civilian and security control in Gaza to a new Palestinian administration, and the conditions for an Israeli withdrawal. The meeting follows Kushner’s talks on Sunday with senior Hamas official...

Oil Surges After Trump Says "US Must Respond To Iran Attack On Apache Helicopter" Summary: Trump says 'US must respond' after Iran downed Apache over Strait  Trump says Washington and Tehran are in the "final throes" of cementing a deal, "two or three days" Iran shoots down US Apache helicopter over Strait, crew safe So much for the early hopes of an imminent deal... Trump Reacts to Apache Downing, Threatens Response Following earlier reports that a US AH-64 Apache helicopter had gone down over the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman in an unprecedented first of...