South Korea’s KOSPI plunged more than 8% and triggered a circuit breaker that halted trading for 20 minutes.
Japan’s Nikkei fell more than 4%, and Taiwan’s Taiex dropped 3.41%.
Here’s what’s hitting them all at the same time:
1. Fears of a memory chip glut.
A column in Maeil Business Newspaper, South Korea’s leading financial daily, warns that the memory boom could end as early as 2029 as new capacity comes online.
Memory is currently in short supply, so prices and profits are very high. When supply catches up with demand, prices fall—and so do profits.
The column says South Korea has only 2 to 3 years to build new industries before the cycle turns.
2. Elon Musk added to the fear.
He wrote: “China will produce far too much RAM in 2028.”
That’s earlier than the column’s 2029 date, so the glut could begin sooner than expected.
China’s CXMT plans to ramp up from 350,000 wafers per month at the end of 2026 to 500,000 by the end of 2028.
Morgan Stanley also estimates that China will account for 30% of global new DRAM capacity by 2028.
3. U.S. inflation came in higher.
The Consumer Price Index rose to 3.7% in September, above the expected 3.6%. This raised the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike, and markets reacted negatively.
Breaking: 🇺🇸 A Trump administration official ordered regulators to withdraw a referral concerning insider trading involving billions of dollars in suspicious trades ahead of President Trump’s announcement about Iran, according to a Bloomberg report.
On March 23, traders placed billions of dollars in bets on falling oil prices and rising stocks just 15 minutes before Trump announced on Truth Social that he would not proceed with an attack on Iranian infrastructure.
After the announcement, oil prices fell 14%, while U.S. and European stock markets rose 4%.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) identified suspicious trading patterns and referred the activity to its enforcement division.
According to reports, Mel Gonwardena, a senior adviser to Trump-appointed CFTC CEO Michael Selig, ordered investigators to withdraw their referral.
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🚨 Something very strange is happening The S&P 500 continues to hit new all-time highs. But look at what’s happening beneath it: U.S. stock market value: $81.6 trillion U.S. GDP: $32.6 trillion The stock market is now worth about 2.5 times the size of the entire U.S. economy. Something doesn’t add up:
5 key events that could determine the Fed’s next interest rate hike
1. Tuesday, ADP weekly employment change: Shows the number of private-sector jobs being added. Job growth rose by 18.75% in last week’s report.
2. Wednesday, Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation: Core inflation hit a five-year low last month. The next reading will show whether inflation is cooling or rising again.
3. Thursday: Producer Price Index (PPI) inflation: Last month’s reading was higher than expected. Another increase could mean higher costs for businesses, which may eventually be passed on to consumers.
4. Thursday: Initial jobless claims: Shows the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time, indicating whether layoffs are on the rise.
5. Friday, Kevin Warsh’s speech: Markets will closely follow his comments for clues about the Fed’s next interest rate decision.
Bank stocks are plunging across the United States, Europe, and Asia as bond yields reach their highest levels in decades.
In the United States, the KBW Bank Index, which tracks the largest U.S. banks, has fallen 12% over the past two months.
Goldman Sachs is down 22% Bank of America is down 17% Wells Fargo is down 9% JPMorgan is down 9% Citigroup is down 10%
In Europe, the Euro Stoxx Banks Index fell 6% last month.
On October 7 alone, the STOXX Europe Banks Index fell 3.5%, with Deutsche Bank, UniCredit, and Société Générale each down more than 4%.
In Asia:
DBS, OCBC, and UOB have fallen by as much as 9% this week.
Banks hold huge amounts of government bonds, and when yields rise, the value of those bonds falls.
U.S. banks held $326.7 billion in unrealized bond losses at the end of the second quarter, according to the FDIC.
The 10-year Treasury yield has since risen above 5% and is now above 5.2%, so those losses are likely even larger now.
Investors fear a repeat of what happened to Silicon Valley Bank in 2023, when it was forced to sell bonds at a loss as depositors withdrew their money.
🚨 Warning: October 12 could be a disaster for the markets. You should read this before the market opens on Monday. Something is seriously wrong with the economy, and very few people are paying attention. Most investors are completely unprepared for what’s coming. If you own stocks, Bitcoin, or any risk assets, pay close attention. When U.S. markets open on Monday, we could see one of the biggest sell-offs of 2026.
🔥 Update: Fidelity added $354.1 million in $BTC, $66.6 million in $ETH, and $18.2 million in $SOL over the previous 20 trading days, according to Arkham.
🚨 Something serious is happening behind the scenes in the U.S. bond market! ⚠️⚠️
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield ($US10Y) is posting frightening gains and reaching extremely alarming levels! 📈🔥
The last time bond yields reached these outrageous levels was in 2007! And we all remember what happened next: the global financial crisis (2008), which sent the $S&P 500 into a historic 56.8% peak-to-trough collapse! 💥📉 High bond yields are putting tremendous pressure on risk assets (stocks and crypto) and sucking liquidity out of them.