First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF
FEMB NASDAQ
First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF is an actively managed fund that invests in a broad range of bonds issued by emerging-market sovereign, sub-sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities, denominated in local currencies.
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- Fund size
- 212M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.85% per year
- Dividend yield
- 6.63% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 8.5% High Risk
- Beta
- 0.23 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 27.1729.66
How FEMB has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 IndexOver 1 year, FEMB returned +13.3% with dividends reinvested — −40.4 pts behind its benchmark.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±9% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −7.6% on Mar 30, 2026 — 33 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 7% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, FEMB delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.23 means FEMB has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average28.72 +0.5%
- 26-day average28.83 +0.2%
- 50-day average28.91 −0.1%
- 200-day average28.52 +1.3%
The price is above 3 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Emerging Markets · Local Currency Debt — tracking the Not Applicable.
- Assets under management212MUSD
- Expense ratio0.85%per year
- Holdings105
- Risk score5.0Medium
Launched November 2014. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 66 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.92
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Sep 24, 2026
Last 12 months
1.92 USD / shareWhere FEMB shows up
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About First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF
First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF is an actively managed fund that invests in a broad range of bonds issued by emerging-market sovereign, sub-sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities, denominated in local currencies.
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 105 holdings
- Ticker
- FEMB
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US33739P2020
- CUSIP
- 33739P202
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Emerging Markets
- Industry
- Local Currency Debt
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.