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About First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund
Expense ratio
0.80%
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Inception date
Feb 15, 2012
FEMS tries to outperform the competition by using a multi-factor selection methodology to choose the best-performing stocks. It makes sizable country bets, notably excluding South Korea. FEMS scores each potential holding by both value (book value-to-price, cash flow-to-price and return on assets) and growth (3-, 6- and 12-month price appreciation, sales-to-price and 1-year sales growth) characteristics, then ranks stocks by whichever trait scores highest. It takes the top 200 names, broken into equal-weighted quintiles, weighting higher-scoring quintiles more heavily. The fund makes many sector bets, but those bets are liable to change with time, so its exposure bears watching.
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Returns
| 1 month | 3 months | Year to date | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | |
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| Price performance | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NAV total return | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Utilities
Stocks98.29%
Finance19.50%
Utilities10.01%
Consumer Durables7.98%
Producer Manufacturing7.77%
Retail Trade6.55%
Industrial Services6.33%
Consumer Non-Durables5.94%
Energy Minerals5.62%
Non-Energy Minerals5.30%
Transportation5.05%
Electronic Technology4.20%
Process Industries3.09%
Distribution Services2.71%
Health Technology2.03%
Communications1.81%
Commercial Services1.46%
Health Services1.34%
Consumer Services0.99%
Technology Services0.60%
Bonds, Cash & Other1.71%
UNIT1.63%
Cash0.09%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia52.38%
Europe25.74%
Latin America11.60%
Africa5.93%
North America3.89%
Middle East0.46%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history