iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF
HEWJ NYSE Arca
The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization Japanese equities while mitigating exposure to fluctuations between the value of the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar.
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- Fund size
- 309M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.49% per year
- Dividend yield
- 3.62% Semiyearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 19.5% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.91 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 50.1066.82
How HEWJ has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, HEWJ returned +25.8% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +4.4 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±19% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −10.4% on Mar 20, 2026 — 23 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 14% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.91 means HEWJ has moved roughly in line with the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average63.84 −2.2%
- 26-day average64.33 −2.9%
- 50-day average64.42 −3.1%
- 200-day average60.77 +2.7%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OversoldRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Japan · InvestableMkt Hedged — tracking the MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to USD Index.
- Assets under management309MUSD
- Expense ratio0.49%per year
- Holdings39
- Risk score4.5Medium
Launched January 2014. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 36 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 2.26
- Frequency
- Semiyearly
- Last paid
- Dec 23, 2025
Last 12 months
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About iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF
The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization Japanese equities while mitigating exposure to fluctuations between the value of the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar.
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 39 holdings
- Ticker
- HEWJ
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US46434V8862
- CUSIP
- 46434V886
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Japan
- Industry
- InvestableMkt Hedged
- Benchmark
- MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to USD Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.