IShares MSCI Japan Index Fund
American Exchange symbol EWJ, is an exchange-traded mutual fund that tries to match the return of the MSCI Japan Index (Morgan Stanley Capital International Japan Index). The MSCI Japan Index is a benchmark for Japanese equity performance.
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer very low management fees. As well, the best ETFs offer well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios of high-quality stocks.
However, the quality of ETFs varies widely. All too many exist to tap into popular, but risky, themes and fads. So you need to be highly selective with your ETF holdings.
Here are six foreign ETFs we like:
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ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND $8.67 (American Exchange symbol EWJ; buy or sell through a broker) is an exchange-traded mutual fund that tries to match the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan index. The fund charges a fee of 0.59% of assets.
The fund’s top holdings include: Toyota Motor, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Canon Inc., Nintendo, Sumitomo Mitsui …read more »
ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND $12.25 (American Exchange symbol EWJ; buy or sell through a broker) is an exchange-traded mutual fund that tries to match the return of the MSCI Japan Index (Morgan Stanley Capital International Japan Index). The MSCI Japan Index is a benchmark for Japanese equity performance. The iShares Japan Index Fund charges a fee of 0.59% of …read more »
Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock market index is now trading at 17,454, a level not seen since 2000. That’s despite the recent setback on global stock markets. The index bottomed out at around 8,000 in May, 2003, rose to 11,000 by the end of 2003, and then moved sideways until it started rising in mid-2005.
The Bank of Japan recently raised interest …read more »
ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND $15.05 (American Exchange symbol EWJ; buy or sell through a broker) is an exchange-traded mutual fund that tries to match the return of the MSCI Japan Index (Morgan Stanley Capital International Japan Index). The MSCI Japan Index is a benchmark for Japanese equity performance. The iShares Japan Index Fund charges a fee of 0.84% of …read more »
