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About Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Expense ratio
0.25%
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Inception date
Aug 8, 2013
FNDB starts with the popular Russell 3000, a representative market-cap-weighted total market index, and applies RAFI's signature fundamental screens to select and weight its stocks. The screens (5-year averages of sales, operating cash flow, and dividends plus buybacks) cut the holdings count in half. The idea is to overweight firms that generate a lot of cash through sales and return a good chunk of it to shareholders. Despite these machinations, the fund seems to mirror a market-like portfolio. The index is rebalanced on a quarterly basis. Note: FNDB's underlying index changed its name from the Russell Fundamental U.S. Index to the Russell RAFI U.S. Index on December 1, 2016. There were no changes in index methodology or exposure.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Electronic Technology
Technology Services
Stock breakdown by region