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First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index Fund

FDM tracks an index of U.S.-listed stocks in the bottom two market-cap deciles. Only stocks that meet fundamental and liquidity thresholds are included in the index.

FDM tracks the Dow Jones Select Microcap Index, selecting about 150 micro-cap stocks after applying profitability and value screens. Expenses are 0.60% and the ETF has $181 million in assets. These screens have proved valuable over the long run. Since 2005, it has outperformed the more popular and better diversified IWC with less risk. I expect this trend to continue. My analysis reveals FDM is superior on risk management, value, and quality, with a slight weakness on growth. Ultimately, it looks better prepared for multiple market conditions.

FDM: Quality Screens A Success For This Long-Running Micro-Cap ETF

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Big institutional investors have tended to ignore the market's smallest companies—those that have less than a $1 billion market capitalization. The Russell Microcap Index has often bounced back strongly after periods of sharp declines like the one the group is currently facing.

Quality Microcaps Can Weather The Current Storm

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Given the bullish fundamentals, the dips might charge up investors to snap up ETFs on the cheap for outsized gains in the coming weeks.

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Microcap stocks tend to perform well in an expansionary environment due to their high sensitivity to the domestic economy. US microcap stocks, as measured by the Russell Microcap Index, have provided strong absolute returns since 2000, outperforming their large-cap peers in the Russell 1000 Index.

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Given the jump in investors' sentiment, ETFs that still trade at bargain price seem excellent pick.

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More pain seems to be in store for small-cap stocks than their large-cap peers, given that the pandemic has hurt the domestic economy. The latest bouts of data paint a gloomy picture of the economy for the near term.

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