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FICSFIRST TRUST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPED CAPITAL STRENGTH ETF

FIRST TRUST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPED CAPITAL STRENGTH ETF

$40.71+0.51% vs prior close
384352-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
42.341.139.940.71DAILY NET FLOWMar 31May 29Jul 28Sep 25

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +1.5% so far this year.

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

$154Massets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
7Kavg daily volume, 30 days
51holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed July 12, 2024 · beta 0.63
Sector weights
Industrials31.39%
Consumer Discretionary24.68%
Financial Services16.93%
Technology Services16.18%
Financials16.02%
Consumer Defensive13.48%
Finance12.78%
Producer Manufacturing11.47%
Health Technology11.28%
Consumer Cyclical10.81%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States85.52%
Other80.3%
Switzerland19.35%
United Kingdom14.02%
Australia12.81%
Germany11.29%
France11.26%
Canada8.16%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week0.0%
1 month-3.0%
3 months-3.8%
6 months+4.3%
YTD+1.5%
1 year+6.0%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
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CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.7%latest close versus that peak

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

The case against FICS

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EMDV ProShares MSCI Emerging Markets Dividend Growers ETF0.60%$9881.28T—64018628× the assetsHead-to-head
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