Meaning of "Retail investors"
A term referring to domestic retail investors who actively bought domestic stocks to defend the market and withstand falling stock prices during the market crash caused by COVID-19, in the face of massive selling by foreign investors
"At the time, people called them Donghak Ants and praised their courage for continuing to buy even as the market plummeted."
Related slang words
Late HarvestThe act of buying a stock that has already surged in price after the fact, or making additional purchases of a stock one already owns in order to lower the average purchase priceTaperingThis refers to the process by which a central bank, during an economic recovery, gradually reduces the scale of accommodative monetary policies such as quantitative easing (by tightening liquidity) to transition into a period of monetary tightening.Ex-dividend dateThis refers to the phenomenon where, after the record date for dividends has passed and shareholders lose their entitlement to dividends, the stock price adjusts in the short term by an amount equivalent to the dividend payout.뚠뚠This phrase comes from the KakaoTV variety show *Ants Are Still Chugging Along Today* and refers to the act of steadily moving forward and continuing to take action and make investments, just as ants diligently march on.Average unit priceThis value represents the average entry price of assets purchased over multiple transactions; it refers to the average purchase price (average unit price), calculated by dividing the total purchase amount by the total purchase quantity.ReverseA phenomenon in cryptocurrency trading where domestic prices are abnormally lower than overseas prices, meaning that domestic coin prices are trading at a discount compared to those on overseas exchanges.FintechIt is an industry or service model that combines finance and technology to provide digital financial services such as mobile payments, money transfers, and asset management.VermosaA slang term coined by streamer "Monster Mouse" with the implication of "gathering the scum" (team members), referring to a situation where four players band together as a team to engage in a team fight (4v4 team fight).