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 "ticker": "FEM",
 "name": "First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund",
 "issuer": "First Trust",
 "desk": "core",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fem",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fem",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fem.md",
 "as_of": "2026-10-02",
 "verdict": "FEM tracks an index and returned +23.7% over the past year.",
 "category": {
  "id": "stocks",
  "name": "Stocks",
  "label": "Stock ETFs",
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/stocks/",
  "group": {
   "id": "international-stocks",
   "name": "International stocks"
  },
  "segment": {
   "id": "emerging-markets",
   "name": "Emerging markets",
   "url": "https://etfiq.com/stocks/emerging-markets/"
  },
  "status": "classified",
  "as_of": "2026-10-04",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/categories"
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   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
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   "as_of": "2026-10-02",
   "sentence": "FEM, total return, 1 year: +23.7%, as of Oct 2, 2026."
  },
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   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.80%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-02",
   "sentence": "FEM, expense ratio: 0.80%, as of Oct 2, 2026."
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   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "173",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-02",
   "sentence": "FEM, holdings: 173, as of Oct 2, 2026."
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   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u22122.4%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-02",
   "sentence": "FEM, below its high: \u22122.4%, as of Oct 2, 2026."
  },
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   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$810m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Oct 2, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-10-02",
   "sentence": "FEM, net assets: $810m (issuer page, as of Oct 2, 2026)."
  }
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   "key": "what_it_tracks",
   "label": "What it tracks",
   "value": "not read by ETFIQ",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "fund_type",
   "label": "Fund type",
   "value": "Equity fund",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "category",
   "label": "Category",
   "value": "Stocks \u00b7 Emerging markets",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.80%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "price",
   "label": "Price",
   "value": "$32.71",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "listed_since",
   "label": "Listed since",
   "value": "Apr 19, 2011",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$810m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Oct 2, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u22122.4%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "173",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top_ten_weight",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "18.4%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings_published_for",
   "label": "Holdings published for",
   "value": "Oct 2, 2026",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s daily file"
  },
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_s_p_500_by_weight",
   "label": "Already in the S&P 500, by weight",
   "value": "0.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "active_share_vs_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Active share vs the S&P 500",
   "value": "100.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_nasdaq_100_by_weight",
   "label": "Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight",
   "value": "0.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
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 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Total return": "+5.0%",
   "S&P 500": "+3.6%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "+1.4 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u22120.3 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Total return": "+9.8%",
   "S&P 500": "+17.9%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u22128.2 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u221218.7 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Total return": "+23.7%",
   "S&P 500": "+16.2%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "+7.5 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u22120.6 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Total return": "+74.5%",
   "S&P 500": "+89.3%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u221214.8 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u221240.3 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since listing",
   "Total return": "+83.9%",
   "S&P 500": "+669.4%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u2212585.5 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u22121329.9 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How has FEM performed?",
   "a": "Over the year to Oct 2, 2026, FEM returned +23.7% with distributions reinvested, against +16.2% for the S&P 500. Over three years the figure is +74.5%."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does FEM cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 0.80% a year."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does FEM hold?",
   "a": "173 positions as published by its issuer for Oct 2, 2026, with the top ten at 18.4% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds."
  },
  {
   "q": "How far is FEM below its high?",
   "a": "2.4% below its high of Sep 9, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 2, 2026."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-10-04",
 "license": "https://etfiq.com/license/",
 "license_text": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}