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FEMFirst Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund

Grow my money15y track recordRanked #1,083 of 2,999 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%

#4,362 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 · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,154+21.5%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index enhanced

Factor

Multifactor

Index tracked

Nasdaq AlphaDEX Emerging Markets Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 19.2% of fundwell 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+ years
Volatility (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