South Korea curbs may not save investors slaughtered by $2 trillion rout

South Korea's efforts to rein in the leveraged products wreaking havoc ​in its financial markets may not go far enough to quell skyrocketing volatility, analysts say, as pain and public anger mount over a $2 trillion-and-counting stocks wipeout.

As ‌the hottest trade in the world has hit reverse, with the country's stock market down about 40% in a month, it is local investors — young people, pensioners and mums and dads — who borrowed money and piled in late who are hurting most of all.