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About First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund
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Inception date
Feb 14, 2012
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price performance | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NAV total return | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Producer Manufacturing
Health Technology
Stocks99.64%
Finance32.77%
Producer Manufacturing16.24%
Health Technology14.54%
Consumer Non-Durables5.56%
Transportation4.60%
Utilities4.48%
Non-Energy Minerals4.30%
Commercial Services3.89%
Communications3.57%
Consumer Durables3.53%
Retail Trade2.54%
Distribution Services1.47%
Electronic Technology1.41%
Technology Services0.75%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.36%
Cash0.36%
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