Among major wealth management methods this year, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking the KOSPI 200 have shown the highest returns.

Although oil prices surged by more than 67%, they fell short of the growth rate of ETFs tracking the KOSPI 200.

Gold, Bitcoin, and bonds declined compared to the beginning of the year.

According to asset-specific wealth management return data from Daishin Securities on the 27th, KODEX 200 rose from 60,480 won on January 2 to 109,285 won on the 20th, recording a return of 80.76%.

Despite the KOSPI 200 index plunging by more than 20% from its peak following a period of extreme market volatility last July, it maintained the number one spot in returns.

KODEX 200 is an ETF designed to track the movements of the KOSPI 200 index.

The KOSPI 200 is composed of 200 large-cap stocks representing the domestic stock market.

The return of KODEX 200 is approximately 40.6 times the 1.99% annualized return of 1-year time deposits at the five major banks.

This deposit return was calculated pro-rata for 262 days from January 1 to September 20 of this year, based on an average annual base interest rate of 2.77% across NH Nonghyup, KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, and Woori banks.

The returns are calculated before management fees, expenses, and taxes.

Ranking second in returns was West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures in New York.

WTI prices rose from $57.41 to $96.08 per barrel over the same period, an increase of 67.36%.

The average return of 272 domestic active equity funds was also tallied at 58.07%.

This figure is based on funds with assets under management of 10 billion won or more.

Overseas stock returns fell far short of domestic stocks.

The SPY ETF, which tracks the U.S. S&P 500 index, rose by 11.08% over the same period.

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