The ETF That Trades While Tokyo Sleeps

A New York--listed ETF holds a global equity portfolio: 60% 60\% of its value is US stocks and 40% 40\% is Japanese stocks. It is 11:00 11{:}00 a.m. in New York. The fund's last published net asset value, struck at yesterday's US close, was $100.00 \$100.00 per share -- $60.00 \$60.00 from the US sleeve and $40.00 \$40.00 from the Japanese sleeve, where the Japanese holdings were marked at the Tokyo close preceding it, and Tokyo has not traded since.

Since that Tokyo close: Nikkei futures, which trade essentially around the clock, are up 1.5% 1.5\% , and the yen has weakened 0.5% 0.5\% against the dollar. The US sleeve is, at this moment, worth exactly $60.00 \$60.00 per fund share.

What is the ETF worth right now? A client points out that the fund is quoted at $100.40 \$100.40 , "a premium to NAV," and asks whether that is free money. What do you tell him?

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