6 Best Japan Stock Mutual Funds
Japan Stock
Japan stock portfolios emphasize companies based in Japan. The Japanese stock market is one of the largest in the world, so these portfolios’ holdings vary significantly. Some portfolios concentrate on Japan’s larger companies, while others concentrate on the nation’s smaller firms. These portfolios invest at least 70% of total assets in equities and invest at least 75% of stock assets in Japan.
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Schwab US Broad Market ETF™
#Nineteen in Large Blend
The investment seeks to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total comeback of the Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index. The fund will invest at least 90% of its net assets in stocks that are included in the index. The index includes the largest Two,500 publicly traded U.S. companies for which pricing information is readily available. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that reflects the shares of securities actually available to investors in the marketplace. more
16.03% Comes back (1-yr) 0.03 Expense Ratio $Ten.24B Total Assets
T. Rowe Price Japan Fund
#1 in Japan Stock
The investment seeks long-term growth of capital through investments in common stocks of companies located (or with primary operations) in Japan. The fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets (including any borrowings for investment purposes) in companies located (or with primary operations) in Japan. It may purchase the stocks of companies of any size and the advisor expects to make its investments across a broad range of Japanese industries and companies. more
Eighteen.45% Comes back (1-yr) 1.02 Expense Ratio $616.39M Total Assets
DFA Japanese Puny Company Portfolio
#Two in Japan Stock
The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The Portfolio is a Feeder Portfolio and pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in its corresponding master fund, the Japanese Petite Company Series (the “Japanese Puny Company Series”) of the DFA Investment Trust Company (the “Trust”), which has the same investment objective and policies as the Portfolio. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Japanese Puny Company Series will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of Japanese petite companies. more
23.27% Comes back (1-yr) 0.54 Expense Ratio $617.22M Total Assets
Fidelity® Japan Smaller Companies Fund
#Trio in Japan Stock
The investment seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund invests at least 80% of assets in securities of Japanese issuers, and other investments that are tied economically to Japan, with smaller market capitalizations (which, for purposes of this fund, are those companies with market capitalizations similar to companies in the Russell/Nomura Mid-Small Cap™ Index or the JASDAQ Index). It invests in securities of Japanese issuers with larger market capitalizations. The fund uses fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer’s financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments. more
17.43% Comebacks (1-yr) 0.96 Expense Ratio $682.32M Total Assets
Matthews Japan Fund
#Four in Japan Stock
The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets, which include borrowings for investment purposes, in the common and preferred stocks of companies located in Japan. A company or other issuer is considered to be “located” in a country or a region, and a security or instrument will deemed to be an Asian (or specific country) security or instrument, if it has substantial ties to that country or region. more
9.15% Comes back (1-yr) 0.98 Expense Ratio $Trio.51B Total Assets
Fidelity® Japan Fund
#Five in Japan Stock
The investment seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund normally invests at least 80% of assets in securities of Japanese issuers and other investments that are tied economically to Japan. It normally invests primarily in common stocks and uses fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer’s financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments. more
17.27% Comes back (1-yr) 1.08 Expense Ratio $435.49M Total Assets
Commonwealth Japan Fund
#6 in Japan Stock
The investment seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and current income. Under normal market conditions, the Japan Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of, and depositary receipts (including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), and European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”)) represented by, Japanese issuers that are tied economically to Japan. It may also inject into derivative transactions. The fund may use derivative transactions for any purpose consistent with its investment objective, such as for hedging, obtaining market exposure, and generating premium income. more
7.04% Comes back (1-yr) 1.77 Expense Ratio $Five.21M Total Assets
Hennessy Japan Puny Cap Fund
The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of smaller Japanese companies, generally defined as those companies with market capitalizations in the bottom 15% of all publicly-traded Japanese companies. The fund’s manager considers a Japanese company to be a company organized under the laws of Japan, for which the principal securities trading market is Japan, or that has a majority of its assets or business in Japan. more
28.66% Comes back (1-yr) 1.84 Expense Ratio $71.74M Total Assets
Aberdeen Japanese Equities Fund
The investment seeks long-term total come back. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of the value of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities issued by Japanese companies. It may invest in securities denominated in U.S. Dollars and the currencies of the foreign countries in which it is permitted to invest. The fund typically has total currency exposure to those markets in which it invests. more
7.79% Comebacks (1-yr) 1.25 Expense Ratio $1.40M Total Assets
Hennessy Japan Fund
The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of Japanese companies. The fund’s manager considers a Japanese company to be a company organized under the laws of Japan, for which the principal securities trading market is Japan, or that has a majority of its assets or business in Japan. While it is considered a “diversified” mutual fund, the fund may employ a relatively concentrated investment strategy and may hold securities of fewer issuers than other diversified funds. more
16.67% Comes back (1-yr) 1.11 Expense Ratio $229.80M Total Assets
AIG Japan Fund
The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The principal investment technology of the fund is active trading of securities of Japanese issuers and other investments that are tied economically to Japan (“Japanese companies”). Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, will be invested in Japanese companies. The fund will invest primarily in common stocks and may invest in securities of companies of any size. more
24.96% Comes back (1-yr) 1.90 Expense Ratio $28.79M Total Assets
