First Trust Emerging Markets Equity Select ETF
RNEM NASDAQ
First Trust Emerging Markets Equity Select ETF is built to track an index: Nasdaq Riskalyze Emerging Markets Index. RNEM seeks stability by filtering the universe of large- and midcap emerging-market stocks for companies with historically low volatility of returns.
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- Fund size
- 9.32M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.77% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.35% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 12.8% Below Average
- Beta
- 0.54 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 51.7057.90
How RNEM 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, RNEM returned +8.9% with dividends reinvested — −44.9 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 ±13% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −10.7% on Mar 30, 2026 — 33 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 28% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, RNEM delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.54 means RNEM 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 average55.55 +0.8%
- 26-day average55.67 +0.6%
- 50-day average55.69 +0.6%
- 200-day average54.91 +2.0%
The price is above 4 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 · Factors — tracking the Nasdaq Riskalyze Emerging Markets Index.
- Assets under management9.32MUSD
- Expense ratio0.77%per year
- Holdings261
- Risk score5.8Medium
Launched June 2017. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 23 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.32
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 24, 2026
Last 12 months
1.32 USD / shareWhere RNEM shows up
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About First Trust Emerging Markets Equity Select ETF
First Trust Emerging Markets Equity Select ETF is built to track an index: Nasdaq Riskalyze Emerging Markets Index. RNEM seeks stability by filtering the universe of large- and midcap emerging-market stocks for companies with historically low volatility of returns.
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 261 holdings
- Ticker
- RNEM
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US33738R7796
- CUSIP
- 33738R779
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Emerging Markets
- Industry
- Factors
- 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.