Investors who rank among the top 1% of Korean stock pickers by return were adding SK hynix and Samsung Electronics shares, Maeil Business Newspaper and Seoul Economic Daily reported on Oct 26, 2026. The purchases came while the two chipmakers were deep in a month-long decline, and days before each company presents third-quarter results.

Neither newspaper gave a won amount for the purchases, the period they covered or who compiled the ranking. That leaves the scale of the trades unknown. The reports describe one group of investors, not a turn in the wider market.