iShares MSCI Japan Index ETF (NYSE: EWJ) (EWJ: 12.29 0.00%)
Fact Sheet:
- EWJ does not track/mirror the Nikkei 225 Stock Average, but rather the Morgan Stanley Capital International – Japan Index
- EWJ has 364 stock holdings
- EWJ consists primarily of large-cap stocks trading on the TSE TOPIX 1st Section
- EWJ includes Toyota, MUFJ, Nintendo, Honda and Canon among its top-5 holdings
- EWJ has 23% of assets in its top-10 holdings
- EWJ is helped by a strong yen and hurt by a weak yen (see below)
- EWJ may trade to the upside, even if the N225 was down, if the yen appreciates
- EWJ is the most actively traded country-based ETF
- EWJ is used as a proxy for investing in Japan by institutional and retail investors
- EWJ has an expense ratio of 0.52%
- EWJ has total next assets of over $8.1 billion
- EWJ began trading in March 1996; it is listed on the NYSE
- EWJ is optionable, but volume is typically light
- EWJ can be shorted, but it may not be easy to
* Note: The above information is assumed accurate as of March 21, 2008, based on publicly available information.

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