HEWJiShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to USD Index.
By iShares · Launched 2014
Annual Cost
0.49%
#2,473 of 5,854 · average
Fund Size
$725M
#1,327 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+43.6%
Track Record
12 years
#1,146 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$14,763+47.6%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Asia pacificCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to USD Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 127.8% of fundconcentrated
iShares, Inc - iShares MSCI Japan ETF
98.5%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares
27.7%
U S DOLLARS
1.2%
U S DOLLARS
0.3%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agency Shares
0.1%
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
99.3%
Cash
0.7%
By sector
Technology
24.6%
Industrials
22.8%
Financial Services
17.7%
Consumer Cyclical
11.3%
Communication
8.1%
Healthcare
5.3%
Consumer Defensive
3.4%
Basic Materials
3.1%
Other
3.7%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
20.1%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-31.5%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.10Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.58Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to USD Index.
- Strategy
- Seeks to track large- and mid-capitalization Japanese equities while mitigating currency fluctuations between the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar. Invests primarily in the MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to USD Index and uses foreign currency forward contracts for hedging.
- Inception date
- January 31, 2014
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-08-03