HFXJ News and Press, IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE Japan ETF IndexIQ ETF Trust From 11/19/19

If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The second thing you have to do is convince your allies so you'll have some help, and the third and probably unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he or she is sub...

The global markets continued to advance last week despite the normal twists and turns about trade which will continue until there is certainty one way or another. After listening to Trump at the New York Economics Club last Tuesday, it only reinforced our belief that he will NOT do anything, i...

By Bill Witherell The Bank of Japan at its October 30-31 Monetary Policy Committee meeting kept its policy unchanged while indicating it was willing to lower interest rates further into negative territory from their current low levels if needed to maintain progress towards the 2% inflation...

Japan's trade minister has resigned amid scandal , a month into his job. More news on: iShares MSCI Japan ETF, WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend ETF, Global news and forex, News on ETFs Read more ...

The Japanese economy is at risk of contracting as business activity was hit in October following the sales tax increase which took effect during the month. However, the extent to which the tax change has dampened economic activity was difficult to assess because of accompanying typhoon-related...

Japanese equities have been the star performer since September - rising more dramatically than their global peers in a response to a perceived thaw in U.S.-China trade tensions. Yet we maintain our underweight on Japanese equities: They are particularly vulnerable to a growth slowdown in China...

By Mike Pyle, Ben Powell, Scott Thiel Japanese equities outran their global peers in September in an exaggerated response to a temporary thaw in U.S.-China trade tensions. We maintain our underweight on Japanese equities, as they are still particularly vulnerable to a growth slowdown in C...

By Jeremy Schwartz Central banks have dominated the global investing narrative recently, from the European Central Bank (ECB) and its multi-pronged stimulus program to the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) cutting interest rates (though perhaps not as fast as the market would like). The Bank of...

Unemployment in Japan remained at 2.2% in August to match the lowest level of the last 26 years. Government officials say the labor market is close to "full employment" with a record 67.51M people working. More news on: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, iShares MSCI Japan ETF, WisdomTr...

By Jesper Koll Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Japan is a forward-looking, pragmatic bastion of stability in an increasingly uncertain world. This week's cabinet reshuffle cements the unique position that Japanese politics and policymaking occupies relative to most other democratically elected...