"Stocks Expected to Perform Well in the US This Year..." KakaoPay Securities Releases User Survey Results

Kakao Pay users identified Tesla and Nvidia as the U.S. stocks expected to yield the highest returns this year. A ‘Mijang Fight’ event, where users compete in preference between the two stocks, is also being held.

Kakao Pay disclosed the results of a user survey conducted through ‘Payroon News’ in mid-last month on the 7th. ‘Payroon News’ is a Kakao Pay service offering lifestyle-oriented financial content such as finance, investment, and real estate.

In the survey titled ‘U.S. stocks expected to have the highest returns in 2025,’ which involved a total of 67,447 participants, Tesla (45%) and Nvidia (28%) ranked first and second respectively, showing continued strong expectations for big tech companies. The voting candidates were the top seven Nasdaq stocks by market capitalization as of December 13 last year: Microsoft, Meta, Amazon.com, Alphabet, Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla.

In a poll conducted on the 24th of last month through ‘Payroon News’ asking about U.S. stock investment experience last year, 76% of 54,579 respondents answered that they had invested in U.S. stocks. According to the Korea Securities Depository’s securities information portal, SEIBRO, the settlement amount of U.S. stocks by domestic investors last year was $510 billion, an 87% increase from $273.1 billion the previous year. Despite unstable exchange rate conditions, investment sentiment toward the U.S. stock market is expected to continue this year.

Meanwhile, Kakao Pay, together with Kakao Pay Securities, is holding a stock showdown event called ‘Mijang Fight,’ where the two promising stocks selected through the Payroon News poll compete in a final vote. Users can click and vote as many times as they want for the stock they expect to have higher returns between Tesla and Nvidia, and the stock with the most votes wins. Participants who voted for the winning stock will share a total of 20 million Kakao Pay Points. On the voting page, users can move to the Kakao Pay Securities homepage to check stock price information for both stocks or use the ‘Stock Collection’ feature to purchase fractional shares.

Before setting investment and financial plans for the new year, a ‘New Year Lucky Money Event’ is also being held. Among users who visit Kakao Pay’s services, a lottery will award up to 1 million Kakao Pay Points. By clicking the ‘Enter New Year Lucky Money’ button on the event page and visiting at least one of the following: ‘Check My Assets,’ ‘My Insurance Diagnosis,’ or ‘Bookmark a House of Interest,’ users are automatically entered into the draw.

‘Mijang Fight’ and the ‘New Year Lucky Money Event’ can be checked on the Kakao Pay application (app) or within Kakao Pay Home on KakaoTalk. The events run until the 15th of this month.

A Kakao Pay official stated, “We were able to confirm that users’ expectations for the U.S. stock market remain strong following last year,” adding, “From major leading stocks that consistently attract investment sentiment to stocks related to artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, which have recently surged in interest, we hope users will check them through Kakao Pay Securities’ highly informative and convenient services and have a successful investment year.”