PLUS Korea Defense Industry Index ETF

KDEF

Market cap $135M

2025 was a significant year for international investing. Many portfolios keep international exposure in a core sleeve.

One of the most persistent themes this year has been global defense. Historically, it has been an industry that tends to shine when geopolitics drives the macro narrative.

In June, KDEF surged 21.7% as Korean defense exports gained steam, while PLTM soared 23.2% on platinum's tightening supply.

Crypto, defense, uranium, and AI-linked ETFs delivered big Q2 gains as markets rebounded from near bear territory. Winning ETFs include the likes of CRPT, KDEF, URA and PLTM.

Wall Street delivered mixed-to-downbeat performance last week thanks to Powell's warning of stagflation, rise of auto stocks on policy hopes, NVIDIA's $5.5B hit on export curb and upbeat retail sales.

Wall Street was downbeat last week.

Today, Exchange Traded Concepts has announced that Hanwha Asset Management's PLUS Korea Defense Industry Index ETF (KDEF) has begun trading on the NYSE Arca.  KDEF looks to provide similar results to the total return performance of the Korea Defense Industry Index.