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A $1.8 trillion rally that lifted Asian chipmakers into the top tier of global stocks is reversing, prompting investors to cut exposure and flagging concentration risk in the MSCI Emerging Markets index. Fidelity International and BlackRock said they question the sustainability of rallies in names including SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. Over the past six months the three largest chip firms’ combined market cap has nearly doubled and now represents about 29% of the MSCI EM index, larger than most single-country weights. Fidelity multi-asset PM Caroline Shaw warned index concentration and a sharp rise in leveraged bets on Korean chip names that amplify price swings are warning signs. The trio’s weight is roughly three times the total weight of all India stocks in the index, and SK Hynix alone exceeds the combined weight of Brazil and South Africa. BlackRock Investment Institute global chief investment strategist Wei Li said volatility in large chip and memory names has prompted the firm to take profits at this stage and trim its EM overweight versus the benchmark.

SK Hynix fell nearly 10% on its second day of US trading. Underlying volatility in Korea has been acute: after Korean regulators warned of a chip-sector overheat, the KOSPI plunged almost 10% on June 23; three days later (June 26) memory-demand worries triggered an index circuit breaker; on July 13 KOSPI dropped about 9% amid Iran-related risk, again tripping a market-wide circuit breaker. These moves have shown early global transmission—following the June 23 selloff the Nasdaq fell more than 2%, and it closed down 1.55% after the July 13 KOSPI decline. SK Hynix’s US listing, reportedly ~7x oversubscribed, effectively embeds one of Korea’s most leveraged, volatility-prone stocks into US investor portfolios. Market mechanics cited in the note: amplified retail leverage in Korea magnifies chip-sector swings, weighing on global AI demand expectations, while repricing of US Treasuries tightens liquidity—together increasing potential for broader spillovers. This is not a forecast of imminent systemic crisis: semiconductor demand supporting Samsung and SK Hynix remains real and growing, but KOSPI concentration and leverage-driven volatility raise the risk that shocks in Korea propagate more widely than expected.