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Goldman Urges Clients To Hedge For Kospi Drawdown, As Korea's Banks Cap Loans To Curb Stock Market Frenzy

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by Tyler Durden
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Following regulatory directives, Korean banks are clamping down hard: having first done so with mortgages to curb rising home prices,major Korean banks are now strictly capping credit loans and overdrafts following criticism that the rise in stock prices was spreading debt-fueled investment, and investing with borrowed money. In other words, bank issued margin loans.

The measures stem from a growing need to manage "debt-fueled investing" or borrowing money to invest in stocks, which of course explains this: the biggest emerging market bubble ever seen: