First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund (FEM)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Emerging Markets Index. The FEM ETF contains 152 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the Asia-Pacific region.
Price $19.34 as of 2022-10-21Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 6.79% |
| Expense ratio | 0.8% |
| Average spread | 0.259% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 1.059% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -0.6% | -0.1% | -2.9% | -4.9% | 1.5% | -9.9% | -0.6% | -0.6% | -10.0% | 4.6% | -23.4% | ||
| 2021 | -0.4% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 4.6% | 2.4% | -0.0% | -3.9% | 4.8% | -2.5% | -3.1% | -4.2% | 5.3% | 7.8% |
| 2020 | -5.3% | -8.3% | -23.6% | 10.2% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 9.0% | 0.2% | -3.6% | -2.4% | 11.1% | 7.7% | 4.1% |
| 2019 | 11.3% | -1.5% | 0.0% | -0.5% | -5.8% | 8.9% | -2.9% | -4.6% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 0.7% | 9.3% | 20.5% |
| 2018 | 9.7% | -4.2% | -0.1% | -2.5% | -2.6% | -6.0% | 3.1% | -5.4% | 1.1% | -7.9% | 2.9% | -3.6% | -15.4% |
| 2017 | 8.4% | 2.2% | 2.0% | -0.7% | 1.1% | 2.6% | 9.4% | 4.3% | 3.4% | -0.0% | -2.1% | 5.0% | 35.5% |
| 2016 | -5.3% | 0.0% | 13.1% | 0.9% | -6.4% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.8% | -2.9% | 0.1% | 16.2% |
| 2015 | -0.7% | 5.0% | -1.3% | 14.2% | -4.1% | -4.6% | -8.0% | -9.6% | -3.7% | 6.9% | -3.4% | -3.2% | -12.5% |
| 2014 | -7.4% | 3.6% | 0.5% | -0.0% | 2.2% | 3.9% | 0.9% | 2.2% | -7.3% | -0.1% | -1.3% | -7.7% | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -2.4% | -2.0% | 0.7% | -2.9% | -7.8% | 2.3% | -3.4% | 7.4% | 3.0% | -0.1% | -0.5% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 10.8% | 8.8% | -3.5% | -2.6% | -12.6% | 4.8% | -0.7% | 0.4% | 5.6% | 0.2% | 2.3% | 8.2% | 21.6% |
| 2011 | -2.7% | -1.8% | 0.6% | -11.3% | -17.9% | 13.4% | -1.3% | -5.1% | -26.2% | ||||
| 23.9% | 6.1% | -15.8% | 19.3% | -25.6% | 1.4% | 16.0% | -21.5% | -23.7% | 18.2% | 1.6% | 15.4% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.01 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 1.09 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.55 | 0.22 | 1.08 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.03 | 0.20 | 0.45 | 0.68 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.44 | 0.09 | 0.88 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 0.07 | 0.80 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.68 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.19 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.46 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 0.22 | 0.39 | 0.04 | 0.65 | |||||||||
| 2014 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 0.07 | 0.61 | |||||||||
| 2013 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.65 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 0.39 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.58 | |||||||||
| 2011 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.20 | ||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.92 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Top 0 Weights | 0.00% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| FEM | GSID | ISEM | JPEM | RESE | UEVM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund | Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF | Invesco Strategic Emerging Markets ETF | JPMorgan Diversified Return Emerging Markets Equity ETF | WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Fund | USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum Blend Index ETF |
| Issuer | First Trust | Goldman Sachs | Invesco | JPMorgan | WisdomTree | VictoryShares |
| Price | $19.34 | $41.1799 | $19.78 | $46.01 | $24.618 | $36.623 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.8% |  0.2% | 0.35% | 0.44% | 0.32% | 0.45% |
| Average Spread | 0.259% | 0.267% | 0.303% | 0.196% | 0.406% | 0.191% |
| AUM | $341,976,000 | $254,882,000 | $18,900,700 | $124,835,000 | $22,071,800 | $182,732,000 |
| Shares | 17,682,321 | 6,189,481 | 955,548 | 2,713,206 | 896,571 | 4,989,540 |
| Average Daily Volume | 118,580 | 6,273 | 7,396 | 48,716 | 3,410 | 10,520 |
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| Inception Date | 2011-04-18 | 2020-05-12 | 2018-09-12 | 2015-01-07 | 2016-04-07 | 2017-10-24 |
| Index Tracked | NASDAQ AlphaDEX Emerging Markets Index | Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index | Invesco Strategic Emerging Markets Index | JP Morgan Diversified Factor Emerging Markets Equity Index | No Underlying Index | MSCI Emerging Markets Select Value Momentum Blend Index |
| Category | Emerging Markets Equities | Foreign Large Cap Equities | Emerging Markets Equities | Emerging Markets Equities | Asia Pacific Equities | Foreign Large Cap Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps |
| Value or Growth | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend |
| Region | Asia-Pacific | Europe | Asia-Pacific | Asia-Pacific | Asia-Pacific | Asia-Pacific |
| Countries | Broad | Broad | Broad | Broad | Pacific ex-Japan | Pacific ex-Japan |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $1.314 | $1.188 | $1.734 | $1.822 | $1.051 | $1.822 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.068% | 0.029% | 0.088% | 0.040% | 0.043% | 0.050% |
| Number of Holdings | 152 | 979 | 425 | 506 | 298 | 242 |
| YTD Return | -21.90% | -25.76% | -24.69% | -17.35% | -28.18% | -21.78% |
| Beta | 0.24 | 0.75 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.71 | 0.24 |
| Upside Beta | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0.30 | 0.42 | -0.07 |
| Downside Beta | -0.35 | -0.49 | -0.23 | -0.36 | -0.50 | -0.34 |
| Volatility 1Y | 21.84% | 20.09% | 21.79% | 16.41% | 21.06% | 18.18% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -0.29 | 0.00 | -0.32 | -0.24 | 0.00 | -0.22 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | -0.02 | 0.00 | -0.01 | -0.01 | 0.00 | -0.01 |