Key stats
About First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund
Expense ratio
0.80%
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Inception date
Feb 14, 2012
FSZ seeks to outperform its market benchmark by using a quantitative model to select, rank and weight stocks from the NASDAQ Switzerland Index based on a variety of growth and value style factors. Specifically, growth factors includes 3-, 6- and 12-month price appreciation, sales to price and one year sales growth, while value factors includes book value to price, cash flow to price and return on assets. Based on their style ranking, the top-40 selected stocks are divided into quintiles, and the top-ranked quintiles receives greater weight in the index. Stocks within each quintile are equally weighted. This method makes the funds performance deviate from its benchmark. The index is rebalanced and reconstituted semi-annually each January and July.
Classification
Returns
| 1 month | 3 months | Year to date | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | |
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| Price performance | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NAV total return | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Producer Manufacturing
Health Technology
Stocks99.69%
Finance22.89%
Producer Manufacturing20.55%
Health Technology16.81%
Consumer Non-Durables6.66%
Non-Energy Minerals4.93%
Utilities3.72%
Consumer Durables3.51%
Communications3.29%
Distribution Services3.21%
Commercial Services3.17%
Electronic Technology3.00%
Transportation2.64%
Process Industries2.38%
Retail Trade1.73%
Technology Services1.22%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.31%
Cash0.31%
Stock breakdown by region
Europe100.00%
North America0.00%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history