Comments on: What the Japanese Yen ETFs Can Indicate to Investors http://www.etftrends.com/2009/07/what-japanese-yen-etfs-can-indicate-investors.html Keeping a grip on exchange traded funds (ETFs) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tom Lydon http://www.etftrends.com/2009/07/what-japanese-yen-etfs-can-indicate-investors.html/comment-page-1/#comment-4869 Tom Lydon Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:32:58 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=13497#comment-4869 JYF did not distribute a dividend in Junem therefore they are showing a dividend yield of 0 (the correct number). Other sites might be calculating a yield from a previous distribution. <br> <br>Just to put it in context, if you look at the Global 1-month Deposit Rates available to U.S. investors displayed in WisdomTree's website (<a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/currency-etf-global-market-rates.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/currency-etf-glo...</a>), you will see the rate for Japan is 0.1% at this time. <br><br>The currency income ETF seeks to achieve total returns reflective of both money market rates available to foreign investors in Japan and changes in value of the Japanese yen relative to the U.S. dollar. (In other words there's two components of potential return, the money market rate and the currency movement). JYF did not distribute a dividend in Junem therefore they are showing a dividend yield of 0 (the correct number). Other sites might be calculating a yield from a previous distribution.

Just to put it in context, if you look at the Global 1-month Deposit Rates available to U.S. investors displayed in WisdomTree's website (http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/currency-etf-glo...), you will see the rate for Japan is 0.1% at this time.

The currency income ETF seeks to achieve total returns reflective of both money market rates available to foreign investors in Japan and changes in value of the Japanese yen relative to the U.S. dollar. (In other words there's two components of potential return, the money market rate and the currency movement).

]]> By: mbaz http://www.etftrends.com/2009/07/what-japanese-yen-etfs-can-indicate-investors.html/comment-page-1/#comment-4866 mbaz Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:07:11 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=13497#comment-4866 JYF doesn't have a yield or a dividend according to the Wisdomtree website, but the link to data on this website show this - why? JYF doesn't have a yield or a dividend according to the Wisdomtree website, but the link to data on this website show this – why?

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