EWJiShares MSCI Japan ETF

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Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Japan Index.

By iShares · Launched 1996

Annual Cost

0.49%

#2,574 of 6,035 · average

Fund Size

$22.7B

#141 of 6,035 · large

Return (1Y)

+25.2%

Track Record

30 years

#28 of 6,035 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$12,065+20.7%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Asia pacific

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI Japan Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 27.9% of funddiversified

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

4.4%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

4.1%

Hitachi, Ltd.

2.9%

Sony Group Corporation

2.7%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

2.7%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION

2.5%

Tokyo Electron Limited

2.4%

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

2.1%

Mitsubishi Corporation

2.1%

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

2.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.8%

Cash

0.2%

By sector

Industrials

22.9%

Technology

21.5%

Financial Services

19.1%

Consumer Cyclical

11.6%

Communication

9.3%

Healthcare

5.4%

Consumer Defensive

3.5%

Basic Materials

2.9%

Other

3.7%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

21.0%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-33.1%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.82Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.20Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Japan Index.
Strategy: Invests primarily in large- and mid-cap Japanese equities using a representative sampling indexing strategy to track the MSCI Japan Index. Concentrates in sectors such as consumer goods and services, financials, and industrials.
Inception date: March 12, 1996
Fund family: iShares