FGDFirst Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund

Grow my money Get income18y track recordRanked #372 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index.

By First Trust · Launched 2007

Annual Cost

0.55%

#2,811 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$1.5B

#900 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+29.6%

Track Record

18 years

#550 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$13,011+30.1%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Dividend

Index tracked

Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 17.8% of fund✓ well diversified

Kohl's Corp

3.5%

KIWOOM Securities Co Ltd

1.9%

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC

1.9%

Enagas SA

1.6%

Spark New Zealand Ltd

1.6%

Italgas SpA

1.5%

Samsung Securities Co Ltd

1.5%

Peyto Exploration & Developmen

1.4%

AP Moller - Maersk A/S

1.4%

Woori Financial Group Inc

1.4%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.6%

Cash

0.4%

By sector

Financial Services

33.8%

Industrials

14.3%

Consumer Cyclical

9.6%

Energy

9.2%

Communication

9.2%

Consumer Defensive

8.9%

Basic Materials

6.5%

Utilities

4.8%

Other

3.8%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

12.8%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-44.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

1.25Strong risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.83Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index.
Strategy: Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index. Uses an indexing approach to replicate the Index's performance, which is an indicated annual dividend yield weighted index of 100 stocks from developed markets, excluding REITs.
Inception date: November 21, 2007
Fund family: First Trust