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Weather Anomalies Disrupt Dining Tables...Sausage and Tomato Prices Soar
Top 5 Promising Sectors for Q4 Selected by Asset Management Firms
Jamsil House Prices Up 500 Million Won...Seoul's Housing Price Increase Widens

Two-line News

■ Prices of Sausages and Tomatoes Soar... Weather Anomalies on the Dining Table
○ Due to weather anomalies shaking the Earth and poor crop yields, 'dining table prices' are rising sharply.
○ "If the pace of global warming is not slowed, it is only a matter of time before prices of agricultural products as well as meat and dairy products rise."


A German supermarket chain Penny is conducting a 'real price' campaign. <br>Photo by Reuters Yonhap News

A German supermarket chain Penny is conducting a 'real price' campaign.
Photo by Reuters Yonhap News

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☞Read more: https://m.asiae.co.kr/article/2023091315204931022


■ Top 5 Promising Sectors for Q4 According to Asset Management Companies
○ Survey conducted among five major domestic asset management companies including Mirae Asset, KB, KTB, Shinhan, and Hanwha Asset Management
○ "Artificial Intelligence (AI), semiconductors, electric vehicles, K-defense, energy, and technology security themes are expected to lead the market going forward."
☞Read more: https://m.asiae.co.kr/article/2023091512053903746


■ Endless Controversy over Short Selling... Foreigners’ Playground Despite Harsher Penalties
○ Despite strengthened management and supervision by financial authorities, illegal short selling remains rampant... foreigners hold an overwhelmingly high share.
○ Calls for "computerization of securities lending transactions and mandatory contract conclusion on a dedicated securities lending platform."
☞Read more: https://m.asiae.co.kr/article/2023091409211065888


■ Jamsil House Prices Rise by 500 Million Won... Seoul’s Price Increase Widens
○ House prices in all autonomous districts of Seoul rise simultaneously... first time in 1 year and 9 months since the first week of December 2021.
○ After regulatory easing earlier this year, the housing price recovery that had been spreading mainly in Gangnam area appears to be expanding to the outskirts.
☞Read more: https://m.asiae.co.kr/article/2023091519183756822


■ Huawei Shock Threatens Qualcomm, Not Apple
○ Huawei launches a smartphone equipped with 7-nanometer (nm) semiconductors, overcoming U.S. technology sanctions.
○ Attention on whether China will achieve 'independence' in the mobile communication technology market, which the U.S. has almost monopolized.
☞Read more: https://m.asiae.co.kr/article/2023091410545782954



MARKET INDEX
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Today's Report Card: Top 5 Stocks Bought by U.S. Stock Experts
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Graphic News: Average Golf Club Membership Price 248.21 Million Won
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○ The average market price of 100 major memberships traded nationwide is 248.21 million won.
○ "Inquiries for transactions are gradually increasing in the autumn season... transaction volume is expected to recover gradually."



Person in the News: First Female Japanese Foreign Minister in 20 Years, Kamikawa Yoko

○ Kamikawa Yoko appointed as Foreign Minister, equivalent to Minister of Foreign Affairs... first female Foreign Minister in 21 years.
○ The 'power woman' who executed the death sentence of the leader of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack.
○ Born in 1953 in Shizuoka City, 70 years old this year... does 100 squats daily to maintain physical fitness.

Yoko Kamikawa, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs

Yoko Kamikawa, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs

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☞Read more: https://m.asiae.co.kr/article/2023091516454523324



Attention! Today's Schedule

○ Major Domestic Schedule
- 08:00 Ministry of Economy and Finance, Emergency Economic Ministers' Meeting and Export Investment Measures Meeting
- 09:00 Prime Minister, Meeting with Chairman of Kazakhstan's Lower House
- 14:00 Ministry of SMEs and Startups, 'New Digital Manufacturing Innovation Promotion Strategy' briefing
- 14:00 Supreme Court Full Bench to Deliver Verdict on 'Choi Kang-wook Obstruction of Business' Case
(Time TBD) Announcement of Police Organization Restructuring Plan


○ Notable Public Subscription IPOs
- Millie's Library, 23,000 won, institutional demand forecast competition rate 619.24 to 1, September 18-19
- IMT, 14,000 won, institutional demand forecast competition rate 753 to 1, September 18-19



○ Overseas: Japan closed on the 18th for Respect for the Aged Day

◇ Lunch & Commute Weather
○ Lowest temperature 20℃ (1℃) | Highest temperature: 28℃ (0℃)
○ Precipitation probability: Morning 20%|Afternoon 10%
○ Fine dust: Morning Good|Afternoon Good
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