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About First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund
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Inception date
May 8, 2007
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
US33734X1688
FXZ utilizes a quant-driven strategy to pick the 'best' basic materials firms in the US, using growth and value screeners. This minimalist approach, combined with a tiered equal-weighting scheme, leads to a concentrated portfolio that tilts away from large-caps and leans toward mid-caps. The result is major sector tilts, with elevated risk at times. Overall, FXZ offers a smart beta approach to the US basic materials space, instead of providing market-like sector exposure. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly
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Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Process Industries
Non-Energy Minerals
Producer Manufacturing
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.
FXZ assets under management is 214.85 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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FXZ invests in stocks. See more details in our Analysis section.
FXZ expense ratio is 0.62%. 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, FXZ 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, FXZ pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.77%.
FXZ shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC
FXZ follows the StrataQuant Materials Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on May 8, 2007.
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.