HEWJiShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF

Grow my money12y track recordRanked #647 of 2,960 in this goal

By iShares · Launched 2014

Annual Cost

0.49%

#2,404 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$734M

#1,288 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+59.9%

Track Record

12 years

#1,165 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$16,374+63.7%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Asia pacific

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to USD Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 101.6% of fundconcentrated

iShares, Inc - iShares MSCI Japan ETF

98.3%

BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares

1.6%

U S DOLLARS

1.4%

U S DOLLARS

0.1%

BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agency Shares

0.0%

U S DOLLARS

0.0%

U S DOLLARS

0.0%

U S DOLLARS

0.0%

U S DOLLARS

0.0%

U S DOLLARS

0.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.1%

Cash

0.9%

By sector

Industrials

24.6%

Technology

20.8%

Financial Services

17.6%

Consumer Cyclical

12.0%

Communication

8.8%

Healthcare

5.8%

Consumer Defensive

3.5%

Basic Materials

2.9%

Other

3.9%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

19.4%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-31.5%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

1.19Strong risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.72Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Strategy: Tracks the MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to USD Index, measuring large- and mid-cap Japanese equities with currency risk hedged to the U.S. dollar on a monthly basis. Invests primarily in the Underlying Fund and uses foreign currency forward contracts to hedge against fluctuations in the Japanese yen. The Fund aims to maintain at least 80% of its assets in the Underlying Index components and may invest up to 20% in derivatives and other instruments to help track the Index. Concentrates investments in industries represented in the Underlying Index.
Inception date: January 31, 2014
Fund family: iShares