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About First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund
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Inception date
Apr 18, 2011
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
ISIN
US33737J1824
FEM does not promise broad exposure to emerging markets, trying instead to build a portfolio of stocks positioned to outperform. The fund uses a selection methodology focused on growth and value factors to screen firms by scoring each security twice by both growth and value characteristics, assigning whatever score is highest as the stock's style score. It then takes the 150 top-scoring stocks and breaks them into quintiles, giving higher-scoring quintiles greater weight in the index. The index is rebalanced and reconstituted semi-annually.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Non-Energy Minerals
Energy Minerals
Finance
Transportation
Stocks98.67%
Non-Energy Minerals18.23%
Energy Minerals14.73%
Finance13.47%
Transportation10.69%
Producer Manufacturing6.35%
Health Technology5.33%
Communications4.80%
Electronic Technology3.71%
Utilities3.67%
Distribution Services3.50%
Technology Services3.10%
Industrial Services2.64%
Retail Trade2.62%
Process Industries2.15%
Consumer Durables1.83%
Commercial Services1.13%
Consumer Non-Durables0.73%
Bonds, Cash & Other1.33%
UNIT1.29%
Miscellaneous0.02%
Cash0.02%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia71.19%
Latin America12.47%
Europe9.57%
North America3.70%
Africa3.05%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
FEM invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Non-Energy Minerals, with 18.23% stocks, and Energy Minerals, with 14.73% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the Asia region.
FEM top holdings are Jiangxi Copper Company Limited Class H and PT Barito Pacific Tbk, occupying 1.48% and 1.46% of the portfolio correspondingly.
FEM last dividends amounted to 0.28 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.32 USD in dividends, which shows a 14.57% decrease.
FEM assets under management is 466.27 M USD. It's fallen 3.35% over the last month.
FEM fund flows account for −23.39 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, FEM pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.05%. The last dividend (Sep 30, 2025) amounted to 0.28 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
FEM shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC under the brand First Trust. The ETF was launched on Apr 18, 2011, and its management style is Passive.
FEM expense ratio is 0.80% meaning you'd have to pay 0.80% of your investment to help manage the fund.
FEM follows the NASDAQ AlphaDEX EM Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
FEM invests in stocks.
FEM price has fallen by −1.90% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 14.57% increase. See more dynamics on FEM price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −0.33% over the last month, have fallen by −0.33% over the last month, showed a 9.69% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 17.64% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −0.33% over the last month, have fallen by −0.33% over the last month, showed a 9.69% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 17.64% in a year.
FEM trades at a premium (0.06%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.