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Consider Investment in Japan with DXJ

Karrie GordonApr 27, 2022
2022-04-27

The Japanese yen has weakened substantially in recent weeks, creating an opportunity for investors seeking to capture the performance and growth that the Japanese economy traditionally enjoys in a weakening yen environment. At a time when U.S. investors are facing a rising rate environment that is heavily impacting bonds, Japan is maintaining its practice of easing while its industries continue to grow.

“One of the things that’s changed I think notably, and this is so important, is that it’s been half of a year where the U.S. bond market has been turned upside down,” Jeff Weniger, head of equity strategy at WisdomTree, says on a call with ETF Trends. “If you do an earnings yield on the S&P 500, where maybe it’s 5.5, then the gap over what you can now have in our domestic treasuries is two and a half percentage points but in Japan, nothing’s happened to the 10-year Japanese government bonds.”

In an environment where Japan is still practicing quantitative easing while the U.S. begins tightening, the yen has weakened in recent weeks. It broke out from its established range between 103-115 to the U.S. dollar and is now at approximately 128. A weakening yen alongside industrial growth and strengthening in Japan is creating strong opportunities for investors, one that the currency hedged WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ B-) seeks to capture.

“You’re starting to see the strong dollar weigh on earnings, like Google’s report today; the strong dollar was a hurt to their earnings,” explains Jeremy Schwartz, CFA and global CIO for Wisdomtree, on the call. “You’re going to start to see in these future Japanese earnings the very weak yen being a boost to their earnings.”

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Consider Investment in Japan with DXJ
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“Unlike in the US, the BoJ (Bank of Japan) isn’t letting bond yields rise, so earnings yields are 758bps over 10-year JGBs. Say it again: 758bps over the sovereign,” Weniger tweeted on Tuesday.

The WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ B-) offers investment into the Japanese equity market while hedging for currency fluctuations. It’s a pure play on Japanese stocks, as it removes the impact that the yen’s value has while still offering exposure to Japan’s equities. It is a popular choice when the yen is weak relative to the U.S. dollar.

DXJ carries an expense ratio of 0.48% and top holdings include Toyota Motor Corp at 5.51%, Japan Tobacco Inc. at 4.49%, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group at 4.46%.

For more news, information, and strategy, visit the Modern Alpha Channel.

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