FEMSFirst Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

Grow my money14y track recordRanked #1,454 of 2,969 in this goal

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

By First Trust · Launched 2012

Annual Cost

0.80%

#4,199 of 5,573 · expensive

Fund Size

$262M

#2,085 of 5,573 · mid-size

Return (1Y)Goal

+22.5%

Track Record

14 years

#984 of 5,573 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$12,602+26.0%

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

Small

Strategy

Index enhanced

Factor

Multifactor

Index tracked

Nasdaq AlphaDEX Emerging Markets Small Cap Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 15.2% of fund✓ well diversified

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.

5.0%

Energi Mega Persada Tbk PT

1.7%

EZconn Corp

1.4%

IOI Properties Group Bhd

1.1%

Petrosea Tbk PT

1.1%

Telkom SA SOC Ltd

1.0%

JHSF Participacoes SA

1.0%

Thungela Resources Ltd

1.0%

Bradespar SA

1.0%

Ral Yatirim Holding AS

0.9%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.9%

Cash

0.1%

By sector

Technology

16.4%

Industrials

16.2%

Consumer Cyclical

14.9%

Basic Materials

11.7%

Real Estate

7.6%

Energy

7.4%

Consumer Defensive

6.8%

Utilities

6.3%

Other

12.7%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

16.6%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-47.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.60Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

0.84Moderate 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 Small Cap Index.
Strategy: Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the Index using an indexing approach to replicate its performance. The Index selects small-cap securities from emerging markets using the AlphaDEX methodology for potential alpha generation.
Inception date: February 15, 2012
Fund family: First Trust