What it is
Korea stocks: what is measured, and why it matters
What it measures
The monthly average of South Korea’s share price index, as compiled by the OECD.
Why it matters
Exports make up a large share of South Korea’s economy, and memory chips and other semiconductors carry heavy weights in its market.
Where it stands now
Position over time
coldcoolneutralwarmhotHatched = earlier periods that were also hot
Short sample: positions start only in 2000 (less than 30 years), so conclusions should be more cautious.
When it was here before
Earlier hot periods (2), plus the current one
Korea stocks after it began, cumulative1 yr2 yr3 yr
- Aug 2005–Jun 200835-month period, hot throughout · 2008 Financial crisis1 yr+19.2%2 yr+64.6%3 yr+39.5%
- Nov 2010–Jul 20119-month period, hot in 7 of those months · 2011 Euro debt crisis1 yr−3.4%2 yr−1.0%3 yr+4.4%
- Oct 2025–now12-month period, hot throughoutStill under way
For each period, the changes 1, 2 and 3 years after it began are cumulative and measured from its first month; “What happened next” is measured from every hot month, so the two give different numbers. The events named beside each period are major events of that time, not necessarily related to the readings here.
What happened nextSample too small to draw conclusions (past hot months: 42; market episodes: 2).
Has hot or cold lined up with later returns?
Some link in the past (not a guide to the future)
2000–2021: average yearly change in Korea stocks over the next 5 years
In this period, the hotter the month, the lower the average over the next 5 years. The months overlap, so there are really only a few market episodes. This is a tendency, not a rule, and not a forecast.
What it is linked to
Links involving Korea stocks
No tested links currently involve this indicator.
Values
Values over time
Data and sources
Where the data come from and how they are calculated
- Source
- OECD Main Economic Indicators (share prices)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Positions start
- Nov 2000 (short sample)
- Method
- Ratio: this month ÷ the 10-year average; position = the percentile of this ratio within its own history
- Unit
- index
- License
- Public data, with attribution