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About ISHARES MSCI JAPAN SMALL-CAP ETF
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Inception date
Dec 20, 2007
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
SCJ offers broad exposure to the small-cap segment of the Japanese equity market. The fund covers approximately 14% of the Japanese companies by market-cap. Selection and weighting of its constituents are mainly based on a traditional, market-cap-focused strategy. The fund may invest in various industry groups without any sector bias. Overall, SCJ effectively captures the Japanese small-cap space and may be used as a core holding or as a complement to EWJ which, on the other hand, concentrates on large- and midcap Japanese stocks. The index is reviewed on a quarterly basis.
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Producer Manufacturing
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
SCJ trades at 1,570.39 MXN today, its price has risen 2.11% in the past 24 hours. Track more dynamics on SCJ price chart.
SCJ net asset value is 1,600.85 today — it's risen 3.22% over the past month. NAV represents the total value of the fund's assets less liabilities and serves as a gauge of the fund's performance.
SCJ assets under management is 2.37 B MXN. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
SCJ price has fallen by −0.60% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 19.83% increase. See more dynamics on SCJ price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 3.22% over the last month, showed a 2.27% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 31.22% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 3.22% over the last month, showed a 2.27% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 31.22% in a year.
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SCJ invests in stocks. See more details in our Analysis section.
SCJ expense ratio is 0.50%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, SCJ isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
Yes, SCJ pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.59%.
SCJ trades at a premium (1.06%).
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
SCJ shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc.
SCJ follows the MSCI Japan Small Cap. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Dec 20, 2007.
The fund's management style is passive, meaning it's aiming to replicate the performance of the underlying index by holding assets in the same proportions as the index. The goal is to match the index's returns.