Contrarian Reports
What if you had bought it then, against the crowd or in a way nobody bothers to try? Each report sets up one hypothesis, applies actual past prices to it, and shows what the money became. Whether the hypothesis held or fell apart is the conclusion.
- Hypothesis rejected+38.4%New reportWhat if you had bought last year's worst performer on the first trading day of this year?The account holding last year's worst performer gained 38.4% in eight months. Over the same stretch the account holding last year's best gained 143.3%, and the KOSPI rose 55.2%.
Published 2026-09-06 08:30 KSTPublished 3 days agoPeriod 2026-01-02 ~ 2026-09-04
- Hypothesis rejected+165.7%New reportWhat if you had put 10 million won into the Nasdaq instead of the Korean index five years ago?KODEX 200 turned into 26.57 million won and TIGER US Nasdaq 100 into 22.35 million. The Nasdaq side led for four and a half years, then fell 4.22 million won behind in the final seven months.
Published 2026-08-27 19:20 KSTPublished 13 days agoPeriod 2021-08-27 ~ 2026-08-27
- Half right+37.5%What if you had skipped one fried chicken a week and bought NVIDIA for 2 years?105 chickens' worth of money, $2,100, became $2,887. A +37.5% return is excellent; $787 in absolute terms is awkward. The hypothesis was half right.
Published 2026-08-22 18:25 KSTPublished 18 days agoPeriod 2024-08-23 ~ 2026-08-21
- Hypothesis rejected+1,385.0%What if you had bought SK hynix, the industry number two, instead of Samsung Electronics three years ago?10M won became 42.27M won in Samsung Electronics and 148.5M won in SK hynix. What decided these three years was not the ranking but what each company sells.
Published 2026-08-22 18:15 KSTPublished 18 days agoPeriod 2023-08-22 ~ 2026-08-21
- Hypothesis rejected+252.9%What if you had bought 300,000 won of Samsung Electronics every payday for 3 years?Monthly buying turned 10.8M won into 38.12M won, but putting it all in on day one would have made 45.31M won. Spreading out the timing cost 7.19M won in a market that kept climbing.
Published 2026-08-22 18:05 KSTPublished 18 days agoPeriod 2023-08-25 ~ 2026-08-21
These are hypothetical results computed from past prices. A real trade would differ with fees, taxes, lot sizes and execution timing, and past returns say nothing about future returns. This is not a solicitation to buy or sell any security.