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 "ticker": "FEMB",
 "name": "First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF",
 "issuer": "First Trust",
 "desk": "core",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/femb",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/femb",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/femb.md",
 "as_of": "2026-10-02",
 "verdict": "FEMB is actively managed and returned +2.8% over the past year.",
 "category": {
  "id": "bonds",
  "name": "Bonds",
  "label": "Bond ETFs",
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/bonds/",
  "group": {
   "id": "taxable-bonds",
   "name": "Taxable bonds"
  },
  "segment": {
   "id": "emerging-markets-local",
   "name": "Emerging-markets local-currency bond",
   "url": "https://etfiq.com/bonds/emerging-markets-local/"
  },
  "status": "classified",
  "as_of": "2026-10-03",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/categories"
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   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+2.8%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-02",
   "sentence": "FEMB, total return, 1 year: +2.8%, as of Oct 2, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.85%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-02",
   "sentence": "FEMB, expense ratio: 0.85%, as of Oct 2, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "68",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-02",
   "sentence": "FEMB, holdings: 68, as of Oct 2, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u22124.5%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-02",
   "sentence": "FEMB, below its high: \u22124.5%, as of Oct 2, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$376m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Oct 2, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-10-02",
   "sentence": "FEMB, net assets: $376m (issuer page, as of Oct 2, 2026)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "what_it_tracks",
   "label": "What it tracks",
   "value": "No index, actively managed",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "fund_type",
   "label": "Fund type",
   "value": "Bond fund",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "category",
   "label": "Category",
   "value": "Bonds \u00b7 Emerging-markets local-currency bond",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.85%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "price",
   "label": "Price",
   "value": "$28.33",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "listed_since",
   "label": "Listed since",
   "value": "Nov 5, 2014",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$376m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Oct 2, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u22124.5%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "68",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top_ten_weight",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "39.4%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings_published_for",
   "label": "Holdings published for",
   "value": "Oct 2, 2026",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s daily file"
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Total return": "\u22121.5%",
   "S&P 500": "+3.6%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u22125.1 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u22126.8 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Total return": "+1.4%",
   "S&P 500": "+17.9%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u221216.5 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u221227.0 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Total return": "+2.8%",
   "S&P 500": "+16.2%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u221213.4 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u221221.5 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Total return": "+28.5%",
   "S&P 500": "+89.3%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u221260.8 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u221286.2 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since listing",
   "Total return": "+10.9%",
   "S&P 500": "+364.6%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u2212353.7 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u2212699.1 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How has FEMB performed?",
   "a": "Over the year to Oct 2, 2026, FEMB returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +16.2% for the S&P 500. Over three years the figure is +28.5%."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does FEMB cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 0.85% a year."
  },
  {
   "q": "How far is FEMB below its high?",
   "a": "4.5% below its high of Feb 25, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 2, 2026."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-10-03",
 "license": "https://etfiq.com/license/",
 "license_text": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}