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First Trust Portfolios Canada
A U.S. technology equity fund: 103 stocks, 96% United States, unhedged, for 0.78% a year.
Funds of this type differ on a small set of facts. Where this fund sits on each:
Technology sector exposure. 89.8% of the portfolio is in Technology, so results largely reflected that part of the market. It tracks the StrataQuant Technology Index.
Top holding: Micron Technology Inc 3.6% (broad) · Top sector: Technology 89.8% (single-sector) · Top region: United States 96.3% (single-country)
Technology 89.8%·Communication Services 5.2%·Industrials 3.7%·Consumer Discretionary 0.8%·Financials 0.5%
United States 96.3%·Europe 2.5%·Emerging Markets 1.1%
Source: fund provider disclosure.
The management fee was 0.78% a year, or about $78 for every $10,000 held. Trading spreads are separate from this fee. This is the management fee as published by the provider; the total expense ratio can be slightly higher once fund operating costs are added.
Mostly capital gains
The full distribution tax character across 2 years, plus what you keep after tax in a TFSA, RRSP, or non-registered account, is on the Real Yield report card.
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How durable the fund is, and what moved its price.
| Assets | $26M· net assets |
| Listed | 2014· 11 years of history |
| Leverage / overlay | None |
What moved the price
| Ticker | FHQ.TO |
| Exchange | TSX |
| Currency | CAD |
| FX strategy | CAD-unhedged |
| Asset class | Equity |
| Structure | Physical (holds securities) |
| Theme | Broad Technology |
| Geography | United States |
| Index tracked | StrataQuant Technology Index |
| Provider | First Trust Portfolios Canada |
| Mgmt fee | 0.78% |
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Prices as of last close · tax character year 2025.
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