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ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND $54.18 (New York symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) is an ETF that aims to match the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan Index.


The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 4.3%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 1.9%; Sony Corp., 1.9%; Softbank, 1.9%; Takeda Pharmaceutical, 1.9%; Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, 1.5%; Keyence Corp....

The falling Japanese yen is good news for these four Japan-based companies. That’s because a lower yen makes their products more attractive in markets outside of Japan. We continue to hold a high opinion of these four, and see two as buys for right now.


TOYOTA MOTOR CO....

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND $56.02 (New York symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) is an ETF that tries to match the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan Index.


The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 4.0%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.2%; Sony Corp., 2.1%; Softbank, 2.0%; Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, 1.6%; Keyence Corp....

INTEL CORP. $46 (www.intel.com) continues to benefit from both strong demand for its computer chips, particularly those that power datacentres, as well as higher prices for those chips. In the second quarter of 2018, overall revenue rose 14.9%, to a record $17.0 billion from $14.8 billion a year earlier....

POWERSHARES CHINA SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO ETF $32.21 (New York Exchange symbol HAO; buy or sell through brokers; www.invesco.com) changed its name from Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF in May 2018 when Invesco Ltd. bought Guggenheim’s ETF business.


This particular PowerShares ETF aims to track the AlphaShares China Small Cap Index....

Hot Canadian penny stocks may seem appealing, but there may be significant issues behind the investment Hot Canadian penny stocks do sometimes pay off, but there are many pitfalls to avoid.

Some investors ask us about how to find penny stocks to watch because they think this type of speculative stock can lead to quick gains. The reality is the longer you hold penny stocks in your portfolio, the greater the chances you have of losing money.

ABB LTD. ADRs $25 (New York symbol ABB; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 2.1 billion; Market cap: $52.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.abb.com) makes transformers, transmission systems and circuit breakers for electrical utilities....

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND $61.12 (New York Exchange symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) is an ETF that tries to match the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan Index.

The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 4.6%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.4%; Softbank, 2.1%; Honda Motor, 1.6%; Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, 1.6%; Sony Corp., 1.6%; Keyence Corp., 1.5%; Fanuc Corp., 1.3%; and KDDI Corp....

A: Samsung Electronics trades on the South Korean Exchange under the symbol KRX:005930. It doesn’t appear that you can buy the stock on that exchange through any Canadian discount brokers, including TD.

The shares do trade on the U.S. over-the-counter market under the symbol SSNLF, and you can place a phone order with TD Direct Investing to buy it....