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FEMSFIRST TRUST EMERGING MARKETS SMALL CAP ALPHADEX FUND

FIRST TRUST EMERGING MARKETS SMALL CAP ALPHADEX FUND

$44.78+0.32% vs prior close
414952-WK

Price through Sep 25 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Sep 27. Holdings snapshot retrieved Sep 27.

Price & daily flows
46.645.945.244.78DAILY NET FLOWSep 2Sep 10Sep 18Sep 25

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +6.4% so far this year.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$322Massets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
47Kavg daily volume, 30 days
225holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed February 12, 2024 · beta 0.96
Sector weights
Consumer Discretionary20.74%
Industrials20.43%
Finance16.55%
Consumer Cyclical15.3%
Real Estate11.3%
Financial Services10.37%
Utilities10.27%
Financials10.14%
Electronic Technology9.61%
Materials9.37%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other89.55%
Taiwan, Province of China21.8%
Turkey20.26%
China15.83%
Taiwan12.16%
Brazil11.08%
Malaysia7.81%
South Africa6.76%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week0.0%
1 month-5.0%
3 months-0.9%
6 months-1.7%
YTD+6.4%
1 year+1.8%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
15%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
18%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-9.2%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

The case against FEMS

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FEMS on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IBRN iShares Neuroscience and Healthcare ETF0.47%$7133.04T+$136K22143439× the assets · +$136K in over the monthHead-to-head
EFRA iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF0.47%$5553.16T+$2K17238951× the assets · +$2K in over the monthHead-to-head
ETEC iShares Trust - iShares Breakthrough Environmental Solutions ETF0.47%$3999.92T+$2K12417144× the assets · +$2K in over the monthHead-to-head
MYY ProShares Short MidCap4000.95%$3455.53T+$37510727165× the assets · +$375 in over the monthHead-to-head
SDD ProShares UltraShort SmallCap6000.95%$1603.66T+$904978319× the assets · +$90 in over the monthHead-to-head
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