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About First Trust DJ Select MicroCap ETF
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Inception date
Sep 27, 2005
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
FDM calls itself a micro-cap fund, and for the most part it is, but the fund leans hard toward the small-cap space. FDM's underlying index is market-cap weighted and screens for financial strength, looking at metrics like trailing P/E and P/B. Sector biases result, investors should verify sector weightings. The index and fund are reconstituted annually and rebalanced quarterly. FDM captures a segment that is difficult to reach and uses a full replication index strategy. Comparatively, these aspects tend to increase management expenses.
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Returns
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| NAV total return | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Stocks99.90%
Finance28.17%
Producer Manufacturing8.83%
Commercial Services7.77%
Technology Services6.30%
Consumer Durables5.76%
Consumer Non-Durables4.88%
Consumer Services4.64%
Energy Minerals4.19%
Retail Trade4.07%
Process Industries4.01%
Electronic Technology3.85%
Utilities3.63%
Non-Energy Minerals3.33%
Distribution Services2.80%
Miscellaneous2.38%
Industrial Services1.87%
Health Technology1.70%
Transportation0.88%
Health Services0.81%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.10%
Cash0.10%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history