FEMFirst Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund

Grow my money15y track recordRanked #1,098 of 3,055 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX Emerging Markets Index.

By First Trust · Launched 2011

Annual Cost

0.80%

#4,522 of 6,040 · expensive

Fund Size

$812M

#1,304 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+23.8%

Track Record

15 years

#875 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$11,462+14.6%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Emerging markets

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index enhanced

Factor

Multifactor

Index tracked

Nasdaq AlphaDEX Emerging Markets Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 19.2% of funddiversified

RBC DOMINION SECURITIES INC.

3.6%

Yangtze Optical Fibre & Cable Joint Stock Ltd Co.

3.2%

Prio SA

1.8%

ELITE MATERIAL COMPANY LTD

1.7%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA

1.6%

GOLD CIRCUIT ELECTRONICS LTD

1.6%

PetroChina Co Ltd.

1.5%

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC

1.5%

Accton Technology Corp.

1.4%

Vibra Energia SA

1.4%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.5%

Cash

0.5%

By sector

Technology

27.7%

Industrials

19.8%

Energy

14.2%

Basic Materials

8.8%

Financial Services

6.5%

Utilities

5.8%

Consumer Cyclical

4.9%

Communication

4.0%

Other

8.2%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

20.5%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-46.1%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.84Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.20Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange: NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX Emerging Markets Index.
Strategy: Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the Nasdaq AlphaDEX Emerging Markets Index using an indexing investment approach. The Index includes small, mid, and large cap companies from emerging market countries, aiming to generate positive alpha through the AlphaDEX selection methodology.
Inception date: April 18, 2011
Fund family: First Trust