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HEWJ — iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF

Data as of 2026-09-21 · International · Countries · window 2016-09-21 → 2026-09-21 (10.0 years) · returns assume dividends reinvested, net of fund fees · Market Data from Tiingo.com

What the history says

HEWJ
Total return+367.5%
Annualised (CAGR)+16.7%
Volatility (annualised)+13.6%
Sharpe (rf = 0)1.22
Deepest drawdown-31.5%
Drawdown peak → trough2020-02-06 → 2020-03-16

Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-21 the fund returned +367.5% in total (+16.7% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -31.5% from 2020-02-06 to 2020-03-16. Its worst calendar year was 2018 (-14.7%), its best 2023 (+36.2%).

Every calendar year

Calendar-year returns (net of fees, dividends reinvested)
YearHEWJ
2026+24.9%
2025+30.2%
2024+24.8%
2023+36.2%
2022-4.0%
2021+12.8%
2020+10.3%
2019+20.8%
2018-14.7%
2017+21.5%
2016+13.1%

What this page does not say

It does not say HEWJ is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -31.5% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.

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