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(SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 12-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AND INVESTOR, KWON JOON, SAYING: "Hello, I'm Kwon Joon, I'm 12 years old. Instead of going to good schools like the Seoul National University, I'd rather become a big investor like tycoon Warren Buffett."
The young South Korean investor earned stellar returns of 43%.
from a hobby he picked up just last year: buying stocks
(SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 12-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AND INVESTOR, KWON JOON, SAYING: "I started earning money by selling toy cars when I was seven. Since then, I made and saved about 25 million won ($22,400) as seed money. For blue chips, I focused on companies like Samsung Electronics and bought them gradually as value investing and scored about 43% returns and earned 15 million won ($13,435) so far."
In South Korea, more retail investors are teenagers or even younger
making up over two-thirds of the total value traded in the nation's shares
"My role model is Warren Buffett. As a value investor, my dream is making long-term profits so that I can help neighbors in need, and that would be my real joy."
