Investor Flight to Japan May Be on the Horizon
The sight of a bull may be on the horizon in the “Land of the Rising Sun” as Japan is now stepping into…
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Leveraged ETF Hinging on Positive U.S.-Japan Trade Talks
Amid the trade scuffle between the United States and China, Japan is now stepping into the fold as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo…
Double Leveraging China Amid Trade Tensions
The capital markets may have developed an immunity towards the trade scuffle between the United States and China despite the two economic…
Leveraged ETF Gains as Japan Exports Rise Amid U.S.-China Trade War
If the trade scuffle between the United States and China resembled a heavyweight confrontation, then Japan would be akin to a fight…
Japan’s Election Renews Mandate for ‘Abenomics’
By Chris Konstantinos, CFA, RiverFront Investment Group Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s gamble paid off; his Liberal Demographic Party (LDP) has retained its…
Japan’s Dilemma: Inflation Targeting in an Aging Society
“It’s not just about generating inflation …. We will look closely at the entire economy and make a comprehensive assessment.” Bank of…
Another Reason to Consider Japan ETFs
Exchange traded funds such as iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEArca: EWJ), WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (NYSEArca: DXJ) and the Deutsche X-trackers…
WisdomTree’s Japan Equity Toolkit for 2015
Japan has been among the world’s best performing equity markets thus far this year.1 WisdomTree has an extensive Japanese toolkit, with 10…
A New ETF for Japan’s Revitalized Equity Market
With the yen falling and Abenomics taking hold, Japanese stocks are among this year’s best developed market performers. Japanese stocks have been…
ETF Investors Look the Other way as Hedgies bet Against Japanese Stocks
Call it a potential catalyst or problem. Either way, hedge funds are loading up on bearish bets against Japanese stocks, but investors…
A new Avenue for Accessing Japanese Dividends
After years of ranking among the stingiest developed market companies, cash-rich Japanese companies are starting to part with some of that cash…
Some Pros are Missing out on USD/JPY, Japan ETF Strength
The CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (NYSEArca: FXY), which tracks yen movements against the dollar, is off 4% over the past month and…
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (for Japanese Equities)
March 31 marks the end of Japan’s fiscal year, making it a very important point from which to gauge how Japanese stocks…
ETF Chart of the Day: Jumping Japan
It is hard to ignore the massive December 13 strike call activity in EWJ (iShares MSC I Japan, Expense Ratio 0.48%) that…