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FABFIRST TRUST MULTI CAP VALUE ALPHADEX FUND

FIRST TRUST MULTI CAP VALUE ALPHADEX FUND

$107.62+0.46% today
8410852-WK
Price & daily flows
102.996.089.0Tue Aug 18 · EBSA bulletin resets ESOP enforcement priorities107.62DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +19.7% so far this year.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$148Massets under management
expense ratio
net flow, trailing month
16Kavg daily volume, 30 days
674holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed June 24, 2024 · beta 0.50
Sector weights
Finance27.44%
Financial Services23.32%
Financials22.86%
Consumer Discretionary20.29%
Consumer Cyclical14.02%
Industrials11.07%
Energy10.63%
Utilities9.4%
Energy Minerals8.36%
Process Industries6.56%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.23%
Bermuda2.89%
Ireland1.14%
Other0.92%
Switzerland0.37%
India0.18%
Korea (the Republic of)0.11%
Luxembourg0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.5%
1 month+4.3%
3 months+9.6%
6 months+9.3%
YTD+19.7%
1 year+22.4%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
7Kshares traded
The case against FAB

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FAB on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF0.18%$77.4B+$322M524× the assets · +$322M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF0.18%$50.4B+$51M341× the assets · +$51M in over the monthHead-to-head
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF0.15%$47.9B+$574M324× the assets · +$574M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M229× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
EFV iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF0.34%$31.4B+$2.8B212× the assets · +$2.8B in over the monthHead-to-head
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