FEMFirst Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund
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%
#4,362 of 5,861 · expensive
Fund Size
$747M
#1,303 of 5,861 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+25.8%
Track Record
15 years
#863 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,154+21.5%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Emerging marketsCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index enhanced
Factor
Multifactor
Index tracked
Nasdaq AlphaDEX Emerging Markets Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 19.2% of fund✓ well diversified
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
99.8%
Cash
0.2%
By sector
Technology
29.9%
Industrials
19.1%
Energy
12.2%
Financial Services
7.5%
Basic Materials
7.2%
Utilities
6.0%
Consumer Cyclical
5.4%
Communication
4.6%
Other
8.2%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
20.2%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-46.1%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.61Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.86Moderate downside risk
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
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Data updated on 2026-08-04