Japan ETF Funds - Buy, Hold or Sell? Charts, News, Analysis, Strategies, Discussions, and More
We provide overview of Japan ETFs from iShares, SPDR, ProShares and others, including charts, latest news, discussions, analysis and experts' opinions.
About Japan ETF Exchange Traded Funds
Japan stock market has not yet recovered since 90s, when Nikkei index was trading above 30,000 points. Some find Japan as region with high investment potential, while others do not yet see recovery coming soon. Among biggest Japan companies are Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Canon, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Mizuho Financial Group, Mitsubishi, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Sony, and Tokyo Electric Power. Regarding the sector breakdown of the Japan stock market, here are top industries: Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Financials, Information Technology, Materials, Health Care, Utilities, Consumer Staples, Telecommunication Services, and Energy. There are many ETFs allowing you to diversify your portfolio with Japan stocks - those with highest net asset value are presented next.
iShares MSCI Japan Index ETF (EWJ) - The iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index. The MSCI Japan Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to track the equity market performance of Japanese securities listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange, Osaka Stock Exchange, JASDAQ and Nagoya Stock Exchange. The MSCI Japan Total Return Index takes into account both price performance and income from dividend payments.
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity (DXJ) - WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund seeks investment results that closely correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Index. The Index and the Fund are designed to provide exposure to equity securities in Japan, while at the same time hedging exposure to fluctuations between the value of the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen. The Index and the Fund seek to track the performance of equity securities in Japan that is attributable solely to stock prices without the effect of currency fluctuations.
WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend (DFJ) - WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund seeks investment results that closely correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Index. After the 300 largest companies have been removed from the WisdomTree Japan Dividend Index, the remaining companies are chosen for inclusion in the Index. Companies are weighted in the Index based on annual cash dividends paid.
MAXIS Nikkei 225 Index ETF (NKY) - The MAXIS Nikkei 225 Index ETF seeks to provide investments results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicity traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the Nikkei 225 index.
ProShares Ultra MSCI Japan (EZJ) - ProShares Ultra MSCI Japan seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the MSCI Japan Index.
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan (EWV) - ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the MSCI Japan Index.
| Symbol | Name | Expense | Assets* | Leverage | Inverse | Chart |
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| EWJ | iShares MSCI Japan Index ETF | 0.54% | 5,850,000 |  |
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| DXJ | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity | 0.48% | 429,180 | |
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| DFJ | WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend | 0.58% | 190,030 | |
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| NKY | MAXIS Nikkei 225 Index ETF | 0.50% | 150,290 | |
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| EZJ | ProShares Ultra MSCI Japan | 0.95% | 24,830 |  |
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| EWV | ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan | 0.95% | 16,580 | |
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* Assets (Net) are express in thousands of U.S. Dollars. Last update: 12/14/2011
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