EMDMFirst Trust Bloomberg Emerging Market Democracies ETF
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Bloomberg Emerging Market Democracies Index.
By First Trust · Launched 2023
Annual Cost
0.75%
#4,069 of 6,040 · expensive
Fund Size
$40M
#3,977 of 6,040 · mid-size
Return (1Y)
+58.4%
Track Record
3 years
#2,888 of 6,040 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$15,884+58.8%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Emerging marketsStrategy
Index tracking
Focus
Political
Index tracked
Bloomberg Emerging Market Democracies Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 49.4% of fundmoderately concentrated
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
11.6%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
10.4%
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV
5.4%
SK Hynix Inc.
5.0%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA
3.9%
Anglogold Ashanti PLC
2.9%
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V.
2.8%
GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE SAB DE CV
2.5%
Itau Unibanco Holding SA
2.5%
OTP Bank PLC
2.5%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.5%
Cash
0.5%
By sector
Technology
35.5%
Financial Services
26.7%
Basic Materials
15.4%
Consumer Cyclical
5.5%
Energy
5.5%
Communication
3.7%
Consumer Defensive
2.9%
Industrials
2.8%
Other
1.9%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
28.5%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-18.8%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.23Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.81Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Bloomberg Emerging Market Democracies Index.
- Strategy
- Invests at least 80% of net assets in securities that comprise the Bloomberg Emerging Market Democracies Index using a replication strategy. Focuses on companies in emerging market countries that meet political rights and civil liberties standards to qualify as Electoral Democracies.
- Inception date
- March 2, 2023
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18