Leverage ETFs Plummet After China's Moonshot Announcement

After the technology announcement from China's AI startup Moonshot, stock prices related to AI and semiconductors have sharply declined, causing significant losses for investors in leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs). According to Bloomberg, the anticipated changes in the AI industry are increasing the volatility of high-risk investment products. Following Moonshot's announcement, the semiconductor sector index has dropped about 20% from its peak in June, entering a bear market, and the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF (SOXL) has seen its value decrease by more than half during the same period. Leveraged ETFs account for about 13% of U.S. ETF trading volume, but their total asset share is only 1.2%. In South Korea, individual investors heavily invested in AI semiconductor stocks like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, but the deteriorating investment sentiment has led to shocks. The South Korean financial authorities have decided to suspend the new listings of single-stock leveraged ETFs. Bloomberg reports that the currently operating leveraged ETFs have generated approximately $70 billion in cumulative profits, but in fast-changing sectors like the AI industry, the risks of concentrated investments using leverage have increased.