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QTECFirst TrustINDEX

FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100-TECHNOLOGY SECTOR INDEX FUND

$336.34+0.80% vs prior close
20733652-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.

The First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector 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 Technology Sector™ Index.

Price & daily flows
329.3320.1310.8336.34DAILY NET FLOWSep 2Sep 14Sep 23Oct 2

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

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +46.1% so far this year. At 0.57% 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

$4Bassets under management
0.57%expense ratio · $57 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
259Kavg daily volume, 30 days
39holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 9, 2023 · beta 1.88
Sector weights
Technology90.13%
Information Technology89.26%
Technology Services49.03%
Electronic Technology40.66%
Communication Services8.09%
Producer Manufacturing5.7%
Transportation2.87%
Consumer Discretionary2.58%
Consumer Cyclical1.78%
Retail Trade1.74%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States90.72%
Netherlands4.71%
Hong Kong2.68%
China2.58%
Australia2.31%
United Kingdom1.99%
Other0.07%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.7%
1 month+10.0%
3 months+6.8%
6 months+55.7%
YTD+46.1%
1 year+43.8%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
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CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
20%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
29%realized volatility, 1 year
-16.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peaklatest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
3calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
117Kshares traded
The case against QTEC

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat QTEC 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-54bp on fee · 223× the assets · +$4.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-55bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-53bp on fee · 14× 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-54bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-53bp on fee · 9× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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