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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.
| BOX SCORE · THEMATIC | KraneShares | First Trust |
|---|---|---|
| Funds in the category | 10 | 15 |
| Made money (W–L) | 2–7 | 10–4 |
| Win % | 22% | 71% |
| Money made | −$2.9B | $7.7B |
| Typical return | −10.3% | +9.4% |
| Launches · 2026 | 1 | 1 |
| Assets | $5.9B | $41.3B |
| Fee per $100 | $0.75 | $0.62 |
| Fund | Name | Assets | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| KWEB | KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF | $4.2B | −41.1% ✕ |
| AGIX | KraneShares Public-Private AI & Technology ETF | $738M | +14.0% ✓ |
| KOID | KraneShares Global Humanoid Robotics and Embodied Intelligence Index ETF | $348M | +11.2% ✓ |
| KSTR | KraneShares China Technology & Semiconductor STAR 50 Index ETF | $274M | −10.3% ✕ |
| KURE | KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF | $109M | −4.1% ✕ |
| KBA | KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A 50 Connect Index ETF | $106M | −6.5% ✕ |
| 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% ✓ |
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.