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The Hennessy Japan Fund is up eight percent so far in 2016, even though the appreciating yen has caused the Nikkei 225 Index to drop over eight percent.
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The Hennessy Japan Fund (HJPNX) - Get Report is up 8% thus far in 2016, even though the appreciating Yen has caused the Nikkei 225 Index to drop over eight percent. Fund manager Masakazu Takeda attributes the outperformance to long term investing trumping short term currency moves. 'The yen has a negative impact, but our portfolio names suffer less because they have high margins or global production systems,' said Takeda. The $130 million fund has returned an average of 13 percent annually over the past three years, outpacing 95 percent of its peers in Morningstar's Japan stock category.