Amid a recent slump by the Japanese yen that has some foreign currency market experts speculating that the Bank of Japan will intervene to support the flailing currency, some astute equity investors are apt to reconsider the currency hedge versus unhedged debate as it pertains to Japanese stocks. On a year-to-date basis as of April 29, it’s really not a debate at all. The WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF (DXJ), the leading exchange traded fund hedging yen/dollar exposure, was up 22.7%, beating the unhedged MSCI Japan Index by a margin of better than 4-to-1. The advantages of hedging yen/dollar currency fluctuations ... (full story)