FGDFIRST TRUST DOW JONES GLOBAL SELECT DIVIDEND INDEX FUNDINDEX
FIRST TRUST DOW JONES GLOBAL SELECT DIVIDEND INDEX FUND
$32.85+0.18% vs prior close
283652-WK
Price through Oct 2 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 2. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 2.
SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN
The desk’s read
Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +8.5% so far this year.
COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH
$564Massets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
141Kavg daily volume, 30 days
99holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed December 17, 2023 · beta 0.60
Sector weights
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
| 1 week | -2.8% |
| 1 month | -7.9% |
| 3 months | +1.0% |
| 6 months | +2.9% |
| YTD | +8.5% |
| 1 year | +14.0% |
| 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
12%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-8.8%latest close versus that peak
VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK
Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
129Kshares traded
The case against FGD
Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FGD on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.
| Fund | Fee | Assets | Flow, 1M | The case | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBRN iShares Neuroscience and Healthcare ETF | 0.47% | $7133.04T | +$136K | 12655603× the assets · +$136K in over the month | Head-to-head |
| EFRA iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF | 0.47% | $5553.16T | +$2K | 9852549× the assets · +$2K in over the month | Head-to-head |
| ETEC iShares Trust - iShares Breakthrough Environmental Solutions ETF | 0.47% | $3999.92T | +$2K | 7096750× the assets · +$2K in over the month | Head-to-head |
| GDMN WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Miners Strategy Fund | 0.45% | $9897.51T | — | 17560389× the assets | Head-to-head |
| EMDV ProShares MSCI Emerging Markets Dividend Growers ETF | 0.60% | $9881.28T | — | 17531593× the assets | Head-to-head |