First Trust Industrials AlphaDEX Fund (FXR)

Benchmark Index: StrataQuant Industrials Index Ticker Symbol: FXR Approximate Number of Holdings: 100 Types of Companies Included: The top companies from the industrials sector that meet specific fundamental criteria. Fundamentals Used: Individual Company Weight: This ETF is diversified with no one company representing a significant percentage of the ETF. Industries Represented: The industry with the … Read more

First Trust International Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund

Benchmark Index: NASDAQ International Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Ticker Symbol: YDIV Approximate Number of Holdings in this ETF: 125 Types of Assets Included in this ETF: Dividend paying stocks from outside of the United States, international real estate investment trusts (REITs), international preferred securities, international companies focused on infrastructure and international fixed income securities. Related … Read more

First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund (FAN)

Benchmark Index: ISE Global Wind Energy Index Ticker Symbol: FAN Approximate Number of Stocks in this ETF: 45 Types of Stocks Included in this ETF: Global large and mid-sized companies involved in the wind energy industry. Nearly two thirds of the companies provide goods and services exclusively to the wind energy industry while the remaining … Read more

First Trust ISE Global Engineering and Construction Index Fund

Benchmark Index: ISE Global Engineering and Construction Index Ticker Symbol: FLM Approximate Number of Stocks in this ETF: 60 Types of Companies Included: Large, mid and small-sized companies engaged in civil and capital projects which can include infrastructure facilities and commercial and residential buildings. These companies engage in a wide range of services including construction, … Read more

First Trust Germany AlphaDEX Fund

Benchmark Index: Defined Germany Index Ticker Symbol: FGM Approximate Number of Holdings: 40 Types of Companies Included: The top companies from Germany that meet specific fundamental criteria. Fundamentals Used: Sector Weightings: The sector with the most representation (largest weight) has historically been the consumer discretionary sector which has represented a significant percentage of this ETF. … Read more

First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund

Benchmark Index: Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Ticker Symbol: FGD Approximate Number of Stocks in this ETF: 100 Types of Stocks Included in this ETF: International dividend paying stocks which are selected based on a variety of fundamental criteria. Companies from the United States are included in this ETF. Countries with the Most Representation: … Read more

First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF (HYLS)

Ticker Symbol: HYLS Approximate Number of Bonds in this ETF: 275 Types of Bonds Included in this ETF: High-yield corporate bonds. These bonds are also sometimes referred to as junk bonds as they are below investment grade.  The bonds in this ETF have a variety of maturity dates with an approximate average weighted maturity of … Read more

First Trust Financial AlphaDEX Fund (FXO)

Benchmark Index: StrataQuant Financials Index Ticker Symbol: FXO Approximate Number of Holdings: 165 Types of Companies Included: The top companies from the U.S. financial sector that meet specific fundamental criteria. Fundamentals Used: Industries Represented: The industry with the most representation (largest weight) historically has been the insurance industrywith real estate investment trusts (REITS) and banks … Read more

First Trust DJ Internet Index ETF (FDN)

Benchmark Index: Dow Jones Internet Composite Index Ticker Symbol: FDN Approximate Number of Stocks in this ETF: 40 Types of Stocks Included in this ETF: Large, mid and small-sized publicly traded companies which generate the majority of their revenues from the internet. Examples of publicly traded companies that have been included in this ETF are: … Read more

First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF (FV)

Benchmark Index: Dorsey Wright Focus Five Index Ticker Symbol: FV Strategy: Invests in the five ETF sector and industry based ETFs issued by First Trust that the index provider believes with outperform similar ETFs. Related Links: First Trust Website