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QQEWFirst TrustINDEX

FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100 EQUAL WEIGHTED INDEX FUND

$163.66+0.24% vs prior close
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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.

The First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund is an exchange-traded index fund. The investment objective of the Fund is to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield of the Nasdaq-100 Equal Weighted™ Index.

Price & daily flows
157.6145.0132.5163.66DAILY NET FLOWOct 2Feb 2Jun 2Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +15.1% so far this year. At 0.58% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ANEW has a reported fee of 0.45%.

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

$2Bassets under management
0.58%expense ratio · $58 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
40Kavg daily volume, 30 days
102holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 20, 2023 · beta 1.23
Sector weights
Technology39.73%
Information Technology37.4%
Technology Services29.63%
Consumer Discretionary19.2%
Electronic Technology18.29%
Health Technology12.75%
Healthcare11.96%
Consumer Cyclical11.22%
Communication Services10.74%
Retail Trade8.96%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States93.01%
United Kingdom2.9%
Hong Kong2.2%
Netherlands1.84%
Brazil1.23%
Uruguay1.12%
China1.01%
Australia0.91%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.1%
1 month+1.2%
3 months+3.8%
6 months+28.9%
YTD+15.1%
1 year+14.6%
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
17%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
19%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.0%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
2calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
29Kshares traded
The case against QQEW

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$882.6B+$4.6B-55bp on fee · 445× the assets · +$4.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-56bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-54bp on fee · 28× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-55bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-54bp on fee · 17× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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