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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
Finance
Non-Energy Minerals
Energy Minerals
Stocks97.77%
Finance17.22%
Non-Energy Minerals11.67%
Energy Minerals10.96%
Transportation9.68%
Electronic Technology7.94%
Retail Trade6.66%
Communications5.45%
Consumer Durables5.01%
Utilities3.82%
Consumer Non-Durables3.47%
Technology Services3.25%
Health Technology2.57%
Industrial Services2.50%
Producer Manufacturing2.02%
Process Industries1.61%
Consumer Services1.60%
Commercial Services1.20%
Distribution Services1.14%
Bonds, Cash & Other2.23%
UNIT2.09%
Cash0.11%
Miscellaneous0.02%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia60.24%
Europe14.55%
Latin America14.10%
North America7.26%
Africa3.85%
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 Finance, with 17.22% stocks, and Non-Energy Minerals, with 11.67% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the Asia region.
FEM top holdings are Industrias Penoles SAB de CV and Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. Class H, occupying 1.96% and 1.77% of the portfolio correspondingly.
FEM last dividends amounted to 0.32 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.04 USD in dividends, which shows a 87.87% increase.
FEM assets under management is 467.24 M USD. It's risen 3.47% 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 (Jun 30, 2025) amounted to 0.32 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 risen by 4.25% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 18.55% increase. See more dynamics on FEM price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 4.72% over the last month, showed a 14.36% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 23.51% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 4.72% over the last month, showed a 14.36% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 23.51% in a year.
FEM trades at a premium (0.30%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.