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Japanese equity returns reflect both stock selection and currency exposure. Christopher Gannatti examines how the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ) combines an exporter focus, dividend weighting and yen hedging.
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Japan’s equity opportunity spans shareholder payouts, corporate governance reform and investment in artificial intelligence and defense. Christopher Gannatti examines how the WisdomTree Japan Opportunities Fund (OPPJ) brings these themes together through four investment sleeves and dynamic currency hedging.
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A slower AI buildout could ease financing pressures on technology companies, while reduced trade uncertainty may support equities abroad. Sam Rines, Bradley Krom and Kevin Flanagan assess how the election could affect infrastructure spending, Treasury borrowing and portfolio positioning through 2028.
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Geopolitical disruption is reshaping defense, infrastructure, technology and global supply chains, and creating investment opportunities alongside the risks. Sam Rines, Kevin Flanagan & Alejandro Saltiel explore how investors can focus on the companies positioned to benefit from that response, including through WisdomTree’s Opportunity Suite.
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Japan’s momentum trade unwound with historic force in late July 2026, exposing the risk of narrow, AI-driven concentration. Chris Gannatti examines how the WisdomTree Japan Opportunities Fund (OPPJ)’s governance, shareholder yield and GeoAlpha sleeves are built for a broadening market.
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Japan just deployed what may be the largest single-day currency intervention on record, and the U.S. helped foot the bill. Christopher Gannatti and Aneeka Gupta analyze why this move carries more weight than previous attempts, and why the Bank of Japan ultimately holds the key to a durable yen recovery.
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Japan has gone from a market many overlooked to one delivering standout results, and the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ) ranks #1 in its Morningstar category over the last 5 and 10 years, as well as since inception. Christopher Gannatti explains how the fund's differentiated stock selection process, dividend-weighting methodology and currency-hedging strategy have helped drive that long-term performance.
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WisdomTree's 20th anniversary offered a chance to revisit the innovations that helped define its ETF lineup. Jeremy Schwartz explores how the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ) pioneered currency hedged investing in Japan and why that approach remains relevant.
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The WisdomTree Japan Opportunities Fund (OPPJ) ranked #1 in the Morningstar Japan Stock category over the past year, but what drove the result? Christopher Gannatti explains how the fund's redesigned approach helped capture some of Japan's most powerful structural trends.
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Japan’s shift from decades of deflation toward sustained reflation is accelerating corporate governance reform, driving record buybacks, cross-shareholding unwinds and shareholder activism that create fertile ground for strategies like the WisdomTree Japan Opportunities Fund (OPPJ) focused on capital discipline and earnings improvement.
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Japan trades at a significantly higher equity risk premium than the S&P 500. Christopher Gannatti argues this gap, combined with rising earnings and governance reforms, signals a structural opportunity rather than a short-term trade.
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Currency markets are being reshaped by diverging global policy paths, creating new, actionable opportunities for investors. Christopher Gannatti and Samuel Rines argue that currency should be treated as an active lever, using dynamic hedging across regions like Japan, Europe and commodity-linked markets to capture shifting macro advantages.
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