Yahoo Finance Is FlexShares Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt ETF (TLTE) a Strong ETF Right Now?
A smart beta exchange traded fund, the FlexShares Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt ETF (TLTE) debuted on 09/25/2012, and offers broad exposure to the Broad Developed Market ETFs category of the market.
What Are Smart Beta ETFs?
The ETF industry has long been dominated by products based on market cap weighted indexes, a strategy created to reflect the market or a particular market segment.
Market cap weighted indexes offer a low-cost, convenient, and transparent way of replicating market returns, and are a good option for investors who believe in market efficiency.
But, there are some investors who would rather invest in smart beta funds; these funds track non-cap weighted strategies, and are a strong option for those who prefer choosing great stocks in order to beat the market.
By attempting to pick stocks that have a better chance of risk-return performance, non-cap weighted indexes are based on certain fundamental characteristics, or a combination of such.
While this space offers a number of choices to investors, including simplest equal-weighting, fundamental weighting and volatility/momentum based weighting methodologies, not all these strategies have been able to deliver superior results.
Fund Sponsor & Index
The fund is managed by Flexshares. TLTE has been able to amass assets over $234.65 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs in the Broad Developed Market ETFs. Before fees and expenses, this particular fund seeks to match the performance of the Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt Index.
The Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt Index reflects the performance of a selection of equity securities designed to provide broad exposure to the global emerging equities markets, with increased exposure to small-capitalization stocks and value stocks.
Cost & Other Expenses
When considering an ETF's total return, expense ratios are an important factor. And, cheaper funds can significantly outperform their more expensive cousins in the long term if all other factors remain equal.
Operating expenses on an annual basis are 0.59% for this ETF, which makes it on par with most peer products in the space.
It's 12-month trailing dividend yield comes in at 4.19%.
Sector Exposure and Top Holdings
While ETFs offer diversified exposure, which minimizes single stock risk, a deep look into a fund's holdings is a valuable exercise. And, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.
Looking at individual holdings, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Common Stock Krw 100 (A005930) accounts for about 3% of total assets, followed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd Common and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Common Stock Hkd (9988.HK).
The top 10 holdings account for about 13.58% of total assets under management.
Performance and Risk
So far this year, TLTE has added about 2.41%, and is down about -6.17% in the last one year (as of 06/02/2023). During this past 52-week period, the fund has traded between $41.69 and $53.48.
TLTE has a beta of 0.79 and standard deviation of 17.51% for the trailing three-year period, which makes the fund a medium risk choice in the space. With about 2783 holdings, it effectively diversifies company-specific risk.
Alternatives
FlexShares Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt ETF is not a suitable option for investors seeking to outperform the Broad Developed Market ETFs segment of the market. Instead, there are other ETFs in the space which investors should consider.
IShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) tracks MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index and the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) tracks FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index. IShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF has $69.29 billion in assets, Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has $70.61 billion. IEMG has an expense ratio of 0.09% and VWO charges 0.08%.
Investors looking for cheaper and lower-risk options should consider traditional market cap weighted ETFs that aim to match the returns of the Broad Developed Market ETFs.
Bottom Line
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