What is FEM?

FEM tracks an index of emerging markets companies selected using a quantitative methodology and weighted in tiers.

PERFORMANCE [as of 03/28/23] 1 MONTH 3 MONTHS YTD 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
FEM -0.95% 0.78% -0.42% -11.67% 11.20% -2.19% 1.18%
FEM (NAV) -1.18% -0.00% -1.08% -12.10% 10.49% -2.22% 1.13%
MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index 0.68% 1.53% 1.85% -11.15% 8.73% -0.84% 1.95%
All returns over 1 year are annualized. All returns are total returns unless otherwise stated.

FEM Factset Analytics Insight

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.

FEM Summary Data

First Trust
04/18/11
0.80%
$404.93M
MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index
Open-Ended Fund

Peers

MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index

Fund Flows

$0.00B 5 Days
+$0.01B 30 Days
+$0.09B 90 Days

FEM Portfolio Data

$12.14B
5.27
1.02
6.35%
N/A
152

FEM Index Data

Tiered
Multi-Factor
MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index

FEM Portfolio Management

0.80%
-0.05%
1.49%
-1.56%

FEM Tax Exposures

20.00% / 39.60%
--
Qualified dividends
No

FEM Fund Structure

Open-Ended Fund
No
Yes
-- / --
N/A
N/A
Low
Daily

Factset Analytics Block Liquidity

As of 03/29/23

This measurement shows how easy it is to trade a $1 million USD block of FEM. FEM is rated a 2 out of 5.

FEM Tradability

121,595
$2.62M
95,466
$2.01M
0.15%
$0.03
-0.11%
1.61% / -1.46%
None
18.87%
50,000
1.91
0.56%
1.26%
5
$20.83
2

FEM Sector/Industry Breakdown

FEM Segment
Benchmark
16.90% --
14.15% --
12.93% --
11.37% --
10.00% --
5.75% --
5.62% --
5.50% --
3.72% --
2.70% --

FEM Top 10 Holdings

1.73%
1.73%
1.72%
1.70%
1.65%
1.63%
1.49%
1.44%
1.43%
1.32%
15.85%

FEM Performance Statistics

0.67
0.79
0.68
1.00
0.66%
MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index

FEM Countries

FEM Segment
Benchmark
23.70% 24.01%
17.49% 0.81%
12.65% 16.08%
11.57% 5.08%
6.96% 14.34%
4.51% 2.32%
4.46% 0.61%
4.25% 3.53%
4.23% 2.02%
2.86% 0.79%

FEM Regions

FEM Segment
Benchmark
54.57% 78.11%
21.74% 11.34%
18.48% 8.43%
4.63% 1.56%
0.57% 0.55%

FEM Economic Development

FEM Segment
Benchmark
75.73% 63.33%
24.27% 36.67%

FEM Benchmark Comparison Holdings

152
3198
127
9.50%

FEM Benchmark Comparison Summary

FEM Segment
Benchmark
152 3198
$12.14B $87.99B
5.27 12.40
1.02 1.59
5.74% 2.76%
Low Low

FEM Benchmark Comparison Market Cap Size

FEM Segment
Benchmark
20.61% 59.27%
75.29% 27.46%
0.00% 10.88%
0.00% 1.55%