FXZFirst Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund

Grow my money19y track recordRanked #997 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Index.

By First Trust · Launched 2007

Annual Cost

0.64%

#3,222 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$443M

#1,671 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+49.2%

Track Record

19 years

#484 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$14,812+48.1%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

North america

Cap

Large

Strategy

Index enhanced

Sector

Materials

Index tracked

StrataQuant Materials Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 45.2% of fundmoderately concentrated

CF Industries Holdings Inc

5.2%

Mosaic Co/The

4.9%

Newmont Corp

4.8%

Anglogold Ashanti Plc

4.7%

Eastman Chemical Co

4.7%

Steel Dynamics Inc

4.6%

Alcoa Corp

4.4%

Mueller Industries Inc

4.1%

Reliance Inc

3.9%

RBC Bearings Inc

3.8%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.9%

Cash

0.1%

By sector

Basic Materials

76.2%

Industrials

20.0%

Consumer Cyclical

3.9%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

22.6%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-49.4%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.43Below average

Sortino (3Y)

0.63Moderate downside risk

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Index.
Strategy: Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities comprising the Index, using an indexing approach to replicate its performance. The Index selects stocks from the Russell 1000 in the materials sector for potential capital appreciation.
Inception date: May 8, 2007
Fund family: First Trust