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About First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund
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Inception date
Feb 14, 2012
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
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
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Producer Manufacturing
Health Technology
Stocks99.96%
Finance30.62%
Producer Manufacturing17.73%
Health Technology14.44%
Consumer Non-Durables5.68%
Transportation4.75%
Utilities4.62%
Non-Energy Minerals4.36%
Commercial Services4.22%
Communications3.58%
Consumer Durables3.33%
Retail Trade2.84%
Electronic Technology1.52%
Distribution Services1.52%
Technology Services0.77%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.04%
Cash0.04%
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
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
FSZ invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Finance, with 30.62% stocks, and Producer Manufacturing, with 17.73% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the Europe region.
FSZ top holdings are Swissquote Group Holding Ltd. and Accelleron Industries AG, occupying 5.07% and 4.72% of the portfolio correspondingly.
FSZ last dividends amounted to 0.04 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.13 USD in dividends, which shows a 192.45% decrease.
FSZ assets under management is 67.89 M USD. It's risen 1.59% over the last month.
FSZ fund flows account for −26.42 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, FSZ pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.56%. The last dividend (Mar 31, 2025) amounted to 0.04 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
FSZ shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC under the brand First Trust. The ETF was launched on Feb 14, 2012, and its management style is Passive.
FSZ expense ratio is 0.80% meaning you'd have to pay 0.80% of your investment to help manage the fund.
FSZ follows the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Switzerland Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
FSZ invests in stocks.
FSZ price has risen by 1.51% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 12.70% increase. See more dynamics on FSZ price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.87% over the last month, showed a 6.91% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 14.33% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.87% over the last month, showed a 6.91% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 14.33% in a year.
FSZ trades at a premium (0.04%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.