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Japan ETFs Pause After GDP Data
Tom Lydon • Fri, May 17
Why The Fed May Increase QE Asset Purchases Before Pursuing Exit Strategies
Bishop Research and Analytics • Fri, May 17 • 16 Comments
Profit Takers Bid Farewell To The Highest Flying Stock ETFs - Should You?
Gary Gordon • Thu, May 16 • 3 Comments
Yen-Hedged Japan ETFs Soar As Nikkei Tops 15,000
Tom Lydon • Thu, May 16
Rising Sun Redux - International ETFs Lag The U.S., Except For Japan
Moby Waller • Thu, May 16 • 7 Comments
Japan: Stronger Than Expected GDP; Bought Foreign Bonds For Third Week
Marc Chandler • Thu, May 16
A Closer Look At WisdomTree's Dividend ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, May 15 • 1 Comment
Dollar Firms, Euro Area Contracts, Sterling Recovers, Nikkei Soars
Marc Chandler • Wed, May 15
Japan ETF Rally Still Alive As Yen Weakens
Tom Lydon • Tue, May 14
Japan's Market Drama Continues To Amaze
Doug Short • Mon, May 13 • 2 Comments
Nothing Fails Like Success
Marc Chandler • Mon, May 13 • 4 Comments
Forex: Macro Overview
Marc Chandler • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
A Europe ETF To Play The ECB's Loose Monetary Policies
Tom Lydon • Fri, May 10
Short Note On Falling Yen
Marc Chandler • Thu, May 9 • 4 Comments
Protecting ETF Portfolios From The Currency Wars
Gary Gordon • Wed, May 8 • 1 Comment
Yen Update
Marc Chandler • Tue, May 7 • 5 Comments
Land Of The Rising Stock Market
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, May 7
WisdomTree Investments: Firing On All Cylinders
JF Global Investing • Tue, May 7
Hedge Your Currency Risk With This Japan ETF
David Fabian • Tue, May 7
Investment Themes From The ETF Space
Marc Chandler • Mon, May 6

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Hedge Your Currency Risk With This Japan ETF
David Fabian • Tue, May 7
Don't Fight The Japanese Fed; How A Japanese ETF Beat The Dow Jones Industrials
Robert Wagner • Fri, Mar 29 • 5 Comments
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF: A Smart Play
Roger Regelbrugge • Tue, Mar 12 • 11 Comments
DXJ: A Much Better Exposure To Japan Than EWJ‏
Ariel Aharonovich • Tue, Mar 5 • 15 Comments
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF - The Perfect Investment To Play A Weakening Yen
Alexander J. Poulos • Thu, Feb 7 • 20 Comments
Triple Whammy In Investing In Japanese Equities
Cagdas Ozgenc • Mon, Jan 14 • 3 Comments
DXJ: The Smart Way To Invest In Japan
Investment U • Sun, Apr 22, 2012 • 3 Comments
You Don't Need Currency ETFs to Bet on Exchange Rates
Morningstar • Fri, Apr 30, 2010 • 2 Comments
Finding the Right Dividend ETF
Michael Johnston • Sun, Jan 24, 2010 • 4 Comments

Japan ETFs Pause After GDP Data
Tom Lydon • Fri, May 17
Why The Fed May Increase QE Asset Purchases Before Pursuing Exit Strategies
Bishop Research and Analytics • Fri, May 17 • 16 Comments
Profit Takers Bid Farewell To The Highest Flying Stock ETFs - Should You?
Gary Gordon • Thu, May 16 • 3 Comments
Yen-Hedged Japan ETFs Soar As Nikkei Tops 15,000
Tom Lydon • Thu, May 16
Rising Sun Redux - International ETFs Lag The U.S., Except For Japan
Moby Waller • Thu, May 16 • 7 Comments
Japan: Stronger Than Expected GDP; Bought Foreign Bonds For Third Week
Marc Chandler • Thu, May 16
A Closer Look At WisdomTree's Dividend ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, May 15 • 1 Comment
Dollar Firms, Euro Area Contracts, Sterling Recovers, Nikkei Soars
Marc Chandler • Wed, May 15
Japan ETF Rally Still Alive As Yen Weakens
Tom Lydon • Tue, May 14
Japan's Market Drama Continues To Amaze
Doug Short • Mon, May 13 • 2 Comments
Nothing Fails Like Success
Marc Chandler • Mon, May 13 • 4 Comments
Forex: Macro Overview
Marc Chandler • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
A Europe ETF To Play The ECB's Loose Monetary Policies
Tom Lydon • Fri, May 10
Short Note On Falling Yen
Marc Chandler • Thu, May 9 • 4 Comments
Protecting ETF Portfolios From The Currency Wars
Gary Gordon • Wed, May 8 • 1 Comment
Yen Update
Marc Chandler • Tue, May 7 • 5 Comments
Land Of The Rising Stock Market
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, May 7
WisdomTree Investments: Firing On All Cylinders
JF Global Investing • Tue, May 7
Investment Themes From The ETF Space
Marc Chandler • Mon, May 6
WisdomTree: An Equity Play For The Growing ETF Industry
Tom Lydon • Wed, May 1 • 2 Comments

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DXJ Description

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund seeks investment results that closely correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Index. The Fund employs an investment approach designed to track the performance of the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Index. The Index and the Fund are designed to provide exposure to equity securities in Japan, while at the same time hedging exposure to fluctuations between the value of the U.S. dollar and and the Japanese yen. The Index and the Fund seek to track the performance of equity securities in Japan that is attributable solely to stock prices without the effect of currency fluctuations.
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Thursday, May 16, 2:44 PM It's Japan and then there's everything else. Of the top 2013 gainers in assets among ETFs, the Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ) and MSCI Japan Fund (EWJ) have brought in nearly $12B, about equal to the next 5 combined. If we're talking flows as a percentage of AUM, the rush into Japan funds is even more impressive. The low-volatility sector stands out as well with the USMV garnering $2.5B against a previous base of just $1.1B. Comment!
Thursday, May 16, 6:26 AM Unexpectedly weak capital spending marred an otherwise decent Japan GDP report, weighing on the Nikkei (EWJ, DXJ), which fell 0.39% but still held onto the 15,000 level. The yen (FXY) was firm against the dollar for most of session, trading around ¥102, but has since lost ground, falling 0.40% to ¥102.60. Comment!
Wednesday, May 15, 3:26 PM The Japanese bull market is too big of a deal to try and get cute, says Jeff Gundlach (video), advising not to try and time a market up 66% in 6 months. If QE is your reason for owning U.S. stocks, he says, why not pile into Japan (EWJ) where the asset purchase program is far larger? Maybe as leveraged as anything to the Japanese bull market is American ETF provider WisdomTree (WETF +3.5%), more than doubling this year as its hedged Japan equity fund (DXJ) reels in billions in assets. 4 Comments [Global & FX]
Wednesday, May 15, 7:32 AM The Nikkei (EWJ, DXJ) soared another 2.3% overnight to top 15K for the first time since 2007 as the yen (FXY) slid 0.3% to a new multi-year low of ¥102.65. Leading was Sony (SNE), up 10% following Dan Loeb's push for a breakup. Toyota (TM) paced the exporters with a 3.7% gain. JGBs (JGBL) were calm, the yield on the 10-year flat at 0.86%. 4 Comments [Global & FX, On the Move]
Tuesday, May 14, 10:42 AM "Contrarians should start buying emerging markets (EEM, DEM, VWO) and think about global energy (XLE) and material companies (XLB) and commodities (DBC)," says BAML's John Bilton, noting a "marked uptick" in concern about China (FXI, CAF) in his firm's latest fund manger survey. One-in-four now consider a Chinese hard landing as the biggest risk to their investment. Where respondents are not fearful? Japan (EWJ, DXJ). (previous) 4 Comments [Global & FX, Commodities]
Tuesday, May 14, 7:21 AM An early look at the BAML May fund manager survey shows hedge fund equity exposure (VTI) at the highest in 7 years, +45%. Commodity exposure (DBC) is a negative 29%. Cash is at 4.3%. Sectors: It's a record-low exposure to energy (XLE) at -17%. Japan (EWJ, DXJ) at +31% is the highest in 7 years. 1 Comment
Monday, May 13, 4:56 AM The yen (FXY) continues its slide , falling to a new four-and-a-half year low against the dollar, helping the Nikkei (NKY) post another triple-digit gain on the session, rising 1.2% to 14782, its highest level since January 2008. The weak yen comes on the heels of the G7's reportedly amicable meeting over the weekend, at which officials were generally supportive of the BOJ's policies and reiterated that Japan's goal is to fight deflation not engage in the targeting of exchange rates. 4 Comments [Global & FX]
Sunday, May 12, 9:49 PM In Japan, the Nikkei (NKY) scales yet another new five-year high, rising 1.39% ahead of key Chinese economic data. Comment!
Friday, May 10, 4:37 AM For the first time since April of 2009, the yen (FXY) fell through the 100-level against the dollar, helping the Nikkei rally nearly 3% on the session and almost 7% on the week. Japanese equities (EWJ) are now trading at levels last seen in January of 2008. Japanese capital flows data finally showed what many had been waiting for since BOJ Governor Kuroda's shot across the bow at deflation: an outflow, as Japanese investors became net buyers of foreign bonds. 6 Comments [Global & FX]
Wednesday, May 8, 4:33 AM Fears that flagging demand in the U.S. and Europe would weigh heavily on China's trade data didn't play out, as exports grew 14.7% in April, helping the country swing to a surplus of $18.16B after posting a slight deficit in March. The data surprised analysts, even as some say the numbers may be inflated: "This probably reflects some overinvoicing [as] it was inconsistent with cargo volumes," one economist tells WSJ. Nevertheless, the data serves to buoy regional markets as the Nikkei (NKY) continues its ascent in Japan, rising 0.74% to yet another new five-year record high. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, May 7, 4:37 AM In Japan, stocks (EWJ) come off a long weekend well-rested and promptly rally to near five-year highs as the Nikkei surges 3.55% on the back of Friday's strong U.S. jobs data. Meanwhile, Australia's central bank cut rates by 25 basis points, sending the aussie (FXA) down 0.6% to two month lows against the dollar. 5 Comments
Friday, May 3, 8:20 AM "Long Japan, Short Rwanda," is the title of a report from BAML suggesting the emerging market debt sector (EMB) is getting a bit frothy. Rwanda last week sold $400M of 10-year notes priced to yield 6.87%. The amount represents 5.5% of the country's GDP and the deal was 10x oversubscribed. Better bets, says the report, are Japanese equities (EWJ, DXJ) and U.S. housing (XHB). Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, May 2, 1:17 PM Mario Draghi's hint of negative interest rates -which sent the euro tumbling this morning - might perk up investor interest in WisdomTree's (WETF) Europe Hedged Equity ETF (HEDJ +1.3%). WisdomTree has scored big-time this year as its previously little-known Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ) has raked in assets. Unhedged Europe ETFs: EZU, VGK, FEZ, EPV, IEV, ADRU, FEP, FDD, UPV, DFE. Comment! [Global & FX, Quick Ideas, Financials]
Friday, April 26, 11:10 AM The yen (FXY +1.6%) races higher, unwinding a bit of what had been about the world's most one-sided trade for the last 6 months. First comes price action then come excuses, and about the best reasons for today's slide in dollar/yen is the BOJ upping its economic forecast at last night's policy meeting, and the weak U.S. GDP print. The surging yen is hitting the year's hottest ETF, DXJ -1.7%. 2 Comments [Global & FX, On the Move]
Friday, April 26, 7:44 AM More on WisdomTree (WETF) Q1 earnings: ETF AUM of $25.1B up 37% sequentially, up 60% Y/Y, with the Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ) accounting for $3.9B of Q1's $5.9B of net inflows. Market share of industry net inflows of 10.8% vs. 1.9% in Q4. Company is in sweet spot as size passing a certain point means new money drops more quickly to bottom line: Pre-tax margin of 27%, up from 22% in Q4, 6% in Q1. Conference call at 9 ET (presentation slides). Shares +1% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Monday, April 22, 2:55 PM The rally in Japanese equities is just getting started, Morgan Creek's Mark Yusko told a Grant's conference last week. Stocks there remain cheap by any number of metrics and, a bonus, companies have dealt with persistent deflation by relentlessly slashing costs - meaning strong profits on any incremental business. All that's needed is a little growth and "Abenomics" should cure that. DXJ +27.5% YTD. 3 Comments [Global & FX]

Chris DeMuth Jr.
$DXJ at a new 52-week high
Apr 24, 3:15 PM
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Roger Regelbrugge
Japanese inflation at its lowest level (-0.7) since 2010 $DXJ
Apr 9, 6:46 PM
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Roger Regelbrugge
Fears on twitter of a Japanese bond market collapse. I don't see this happen until significant inflation is created $DXJ
Apr 9, 6:42 PM
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The Financial Lexicon
$EWJ, $DXJ, $NKY, Japan goes all-in on money printing. Should it be rated AAA or D? My article on the subject: http://bit.ly/14JAX8l
Apr 5, 10:55 AM
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theokas
does anyone know why $DXJ lags Nikkei lately?
Mar 7, 11:33 AM
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theokas: it a USD hedged fund, so no exchange rates issues
Mar 8, 2:35 PM
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bakerh334: I think it holds some MXJP exposure, which has quite a different sector allocation than the NKY.
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x oil -field
Chasing performance,money poured out of $GLD last month and into Japan Hedged Equity Fund $DXJ http://bit.ly/ZhW0bO http://bit.ly/XG3Ixp
Mar 4, 12:44 PM
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$DXJ @ new 52-week high
Feb 11, 7:09 PM
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Michael Bryant
As for Japan ($EWJ) and ($DXJ), Japan benefits from a weak yen. But watch the U.S. Fed.
Feb 6, 9:46 AM
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Michael Bryant
So Zacks Investment is betting of Brazil in ($BZF) and ($EWZ) and Japan ($EWJ), ($FXY), and ($DXJ). http://yhoo.it/XNTYj5
Feb 6, 9:40 AM
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ACEMAN
We are buying FRC the wealth management Bank, we excellent numbers and solid earnings and continue to buy DXJ as Yen falls.
4/24/12
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theokas
does anyone know why $DXJ lags Nikkei lately?
Mar 7, 11:33 AM
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theokas: it a USD hedged fund, so no exchange rates issues
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