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ETF Introduction: EWJ — iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund
Market News Video - Monday, April 6, 5:28 PM

Description to the MSCI Japan Index Fund, traded under ticker symbol EWJ: This ETF is a fund, created in March 1996, that corresponds to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of equities traded publicly on the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index. The underlying index attempts to gauge the performance of the Japanese equities market by looking at 85% of the total public market cap.

Fund Name: iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund
Issuer: iShares
Total Net Assets: $11,725,905,507
Inception: 3/12/1996
Related Index: MSCI Japan Index
ETF Category:  Asia
Expense Ratio:  NA 
Net Asset Value:  $12.00  
Recent NAV Premium:  +0.77% 
NAV Symbol:  EWJ.NV  
Number of Holdings:  313  
Annualized Yield:  1.59%  
Annualized Distribution:  0.191  
EWJ Dividend History » 
Stock Weight Amount
Toyota Motor 6.29% $723,746,359
Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Gro 3.33% $383,131,281
Honda Motor CO Ltd 2.43% $279,405,401
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial GR 2.33% $268,493,248
Softbank 1.98% $227,502,826
List of all 313 stocks held by EWJ »


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ETF Assets
EEM   $45,341,934,107
IVV   $43,735,769,247
EFA   $43,489,785,184
LQD   $23,703,213,012
IWM   $20,847,606,784
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Shares Short 27,721,100
Chg. from Last Month -3,560,200
Shares Outstanding 1,023,000,000
% of Shares Short 2.71%
Days to Cover 0.8
Based on data powered by ShortSqueeze.com
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