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First Trust made investors more money ($34.2B) and had more funds that made money (85%).
The past year, all their funds · Data as of Oct 30, 2026
Tale of the tape 1Y · lower fee wins
Every dot is one sectors fund, placed at its 1-year return. Right of the line = made money. The ringed dot is the middle fund.
| BOX SCORE · SECTORS | First Trust | J.P. Morgan |
|---|---|---|
| Funds in the category | 25 | 3 |
| Made money (W–L) | 21–4 | 3–0 |
| Win % | 84% | 100% |
| Money made | $4.2B | $257M |
| Typical return | +15.0% | +11.7% |
| Launches · 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Assets | $32.9B | $5.9B |
| Fee per $100 | $0.60 | $0.54 |
| Fund | Name | Assets | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRR | First Trust RBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM ETF | $8.4B | +2.3% ✓ |
| FDN | First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund | $5.1B | −3.5% ✕ |
| QTEC | First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund | $4.7B | +27.3% ✓ |
| FBT | First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund | $3.1B | +47.5% ✓ |
| FXL | First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund | $2.8B | +26.2% ✓ |
| FTXN | First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF | $1.2B | +60.1% ✓ |
Pairs that hold the same market. Fee = per $100 a year. Returns within 0.1 points are a tie; 5-year returns are per year.
Squares, left to right: fee · 1 year · 5 years, coloured by who won. Most gaps come from different index rules, not fees.
The past year. Win % counts funds, not dollars; money made is estimated from each fund’s assets and return. Categories with fewer than 3 funds on a side are flagged. Not advice.