iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) is the default way for American investors to gain exposure to Japan. EWJ tracks the MSCI Japan Index, holds hundreds of Japanese large- and mid-cap companies including…
Japan's Finance Minister just urged the world's largest pension fund to redirect its money, and even a small shift in its carefully balanced portfolio could send shockwaves through currency and bond markets…
Thomas Richmond Japan is having a moment. The MSCI Japan benchmark has delivered an unhedged return of about 13% year to date through late May, while the currency-hedged version has tacked on closer to…
While most investors spent early 2026 fixated on the S&P 500’s volatility, Japan’s equity markets quietly put together one of the most compelling runs in global finance. The Nikkei 225 is up…
Throughout 2025, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: VOO) has performed well over the past 12 months at +29%, but Q1 2026 has been a struggle: at the time of this writing,…
Providing investors with access to the Japanese stock market in a single trade, the iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) was one of the best-performing developed-market funds through early 2026, riding political optimism…
David Beren For most of the past three decades, Japan was the cautionary tale of developed market investing: a bubble economy that never fully recovered, a central bank that couldn’t normalize rates, and corporations…
Japanese equities have delivered some of the strongest returns of any major market over the past year, but USD-based investors who chased that rally without hedging their currency exposure captured far less…
The case for diversifying internationally was strengthened in 2025 after a number of non-U.S. stock markets outpaced the S&P 500 by a wide margin. Undoubtedly, the U.S. equity market, which has gotten…
While U.S. investors piled into domestic equities throughout 2025, Japan quietly delivered one of the year’s strongest performances. The iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) returned 29% over the past year, crushing the…
When the yen weakens, Japanese stocks can deliver strong returns in their home market but disappointing results for U.S. investors. Currency moves can erase gains. That’s the problem WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity…
One area of the financial markets that has grown like wildfire in the past two decades is the rise of exchange-traded funds. Merrill Lynch expects the market for ETFs and related products…
24/7 Wall St. wanted to take a closer look at how key exchange traded funds that track Japan have reacted to the Bank of Japan's news ahead of Wednesday's FOMC announcement.
It may not seem like much of a big deal to U.S. investors, but the Asian equities markets will have to trade without Japan leading off for the first three days of…
Japan made policy announcements last Friday that were highly supportive of overweight analyst calls for Japan.
