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About First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF
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Inception date
Dec 15, 2020
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
First Trust Advisors LP
Distributor
First Trust Portfolios LP
Identifiers
3
ISIN US33738R6624
FICS provides exposure to companies of any market cap with strong market positions that potentially provide a greater degree of stability and performance over time. With the NASDAQ Developed ex-US Index as its initial universe, securities (which may include common stocks and REITs) are first ranked by market cap and those not in the top 500 are excluded. Eligible securities are then screened for fundamental factors such as long-term debt-to-market cap ratio and return-on-equity ratio, before being ranked once again by a combined short-term (three-months) and long-term (one year) historical volatility. The 50 securities with the lowest volatility scores are selected for inclusion in the underlying index. Moreover, the index is equal-dollar weighted such that no industry or country has a weight greater than 30%. The fund will use the net total return version of the index
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Exposure type
Finance
Consumer Non-Durables
Health Technology
Stock breakdown by region
Top 10 holdings
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
FICS assets under management is 225.33 M USD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
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FICS invests in stocks. See more details in our Analysis section.
FICS expense ratio is 0.70%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, FICS isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
Yes, FICS pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.85%.
FICS shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC
FICS follows the The International Developed Capital Strength Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Dec 15, 2020.
The fund's management style is passive, meaning it's aiming to replicate the performance of the underlying index by holding assets in the same proportions as the index. The goal is to match the index's returns.