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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 thematic fund, placed at its 1-year return. Right of the line = made money. The ringed dot is the middle fund. Small sample: fewer than 3 funds on a side.
| BOX SCORE · THEMATIC | First Trust | J.P. Morgan |
|---|---|---|
| Funds in the category | 15 | 1 |
| Made money (W–L) | 10–4 | 0–1 |
| Win % | 71% | 0% |
| Money made | $7.7B | −$3M |
| Typical return | +9.4% | −17.6% |
| Launches · 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| Assets | $41.3B | $15M |
| Fee per $100 | $0.62 | $0.65 |
| Fund | Name | Assets | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIBR | First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF | $18.7B | +35.2% ✓ |
| GRID | First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund | $11.5B | +8.5% ✓ |
| EMLP | First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund | $4.2B | +21.4% ✓ |
| SKYY | First Trust Cloud Computing ETF | $3.6B | +18.6% ✓ |
| FTXL | First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF | $1.2B | +81.6% ✓ |
| ROBT | First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF | $765M | +4.2% ✓ |
| Fund | Name | Assets | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| JCHI | JPMorgan Active China ETF Active China ETF | $15M | −17.6% ✕ |
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.