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First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund

FSZ NASDAQ

First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund

78.21USD
+3.10 (+4.12%) 1 Year · close Oct 12

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Fund size
135M
as of Feb 2020
Expense ratio
0.80%
per year
Dividend yield
2.09%
Quarterly
Volatility · 1Y
14.3%
Below Average
Beta
0.54
vs the market
52-week range
73.7684.69
01 Performance

How FSZ has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.

Return by period

Price · to Oct 12
Below Average performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs benchmark

Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
−47.4 pts
0%20%40% FSZ +6.3% Index +53.7%

Over 1 year, FSZ returned +6.3% with dividends reinvested — −47.4 pts behind its benchmark.

02 Risk

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 · 1Y
14.3%Below Average

A typical year sees the price swing about ±14% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−10.4%
0%-6%−10.4%

Deepest fall −10.4% on Mar 20, 2026 — 23 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 26% of the time.

Risk vs reward

1Y
Volatility →Return →More return, less riskIndex+53.7% · σ 14%FSZ+6.3% · σ 14%

Over 1 year, FSZ delivered less return with more risk than its benchmark.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
FSZ tends to move+5.4%

A beta of 0.54 means FSZ has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio 0.23 Return earned per unit of volatility
03 Technicals

Trend & momentum

Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.

Price vs moving averages

Uptrend
78.21
  • 12-day average78.58 −0.5%
  • 26-day average79.15 −1.2%
  • 50-day average79.90 −2.1%
  • 200-day average79.63 −1.8%

The price is above 0 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.

Relative strength (RSI)

Neutral
OversoldOverbought42.4

RSI 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.

04 Fund

Inside the fund

Europe · Switzerland — tracking the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Switzerland Index.

  • Assets under management135MUSD
  • Expense ratio0.80%per year
  • Holdings41
  • Risk score5.0Medium

Launched February 2012. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.

05 Dividends

What it pays you

Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.

Dividend yield2.09%

About 21 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.

Per share
1.64
Frequency
Quarterly
Last paid
Jun 25, 2026

Last 12 months

1.64 USD / share
0.28Dec 120.54Mar 260.81Jun 25
06 Themes

Where FSZ shows up

Curated themes and indices that hold FSZ. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.

07 Profile

About First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund

First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund

  • Featured in 1 curated theme
  • 41 holdings
Ticker
FSZ
Exchange
NASDAQ
Currency
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Country
USA
Sector
Europe
Industry
Switzerland
Benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics

Details

NameFirst Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund
TickerFSZ
ISIN-
CUSIP-
ExchangeNASDAQ
CategoryEurope
Sub CategorySwitzerland
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateFeb 16, 2012
BenchmarkNASDAQ AlphaDEX Switzerland Index

Shareas of Oct 12, 2026

Close Price USD78.21
52W Low / High 73.76 / 84.69
1Y Total Return6.30%
Below Average
1Y Volatility14.22%
Below Average
Beta0.54
12M Dividends1.6365
Last Dividend DateJun 25, 2026
Dist. FrequencyQuarterly
Dividend Yield2.09%

Dataas of Feb 28, 2020

AUM135 M
Discount/Premium-0.042%
NAV49.12
Shares Outstanding2.8 M
Volume 20D Avg7.0 K
Nbr of Holdings41
Risk RankMedium
Net Expense0.800%
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