Recent analysis reveals young investors favor foreign assets over local stocks
![Customers at a currency exchange in Jung District, central Seoul, are seen on Jan. 7. [NEWS1]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2026/02/10/a69e9457-ac3f-4ce0-9863-1b22323e98bb.jpg)
Customers at a currency exchange in Jung District, central Seoul, are seen on Jan. 7. [NEWS1]
Younger investors are more inclined to put money into overseas assets than domestic stocks, according to recent analysis.
Investors in their 20s, in particular, allocated 60 percent of their total investment amount to overseas-listed exchange-traded products (ETPs), the highest overseas investment share among all age groups.
Individual investors held an average of 5.92 securities products per day, with domestic stocks accounting for 4.91, according to Kang So-hyun…
