Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF (FRDM)
| Assets | $1.23B |
| Expense Ratio | 0.49% |
| PE Ratio | 13.03 |
| Shares Out | 29.65M |
| Dividend (ttm) | $1.00 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.48% |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Payout Frequency | Quarterly |
| Payout Ratio | 32.38% |
| Volume | 121,235 |
| Open | 40.82 |
| Previous Close | 40.23 |
| Day's Range | 40.10 - 40.82 |
| 52-Week Low | 30.68 |
| 52-Week High | 41.38 |
| Beta | 0.94 |
| Holdings | 125 |
| Inception Date | May 23, 2019 |
About FRDM
Fund Home PageThe Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF (FRDM) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund selects and weights exposure to emerging market equities based on personal and economic freedom metrics. FRDM was launched on May 23, 2019 and is issued by Freedom.
Top 10 Holdings
42.81% of assets| Name | Symbol | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 005930 | 8.32% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | TSM | 7.28% |
| SK hynix Inc. | 000660 | 4.03% |
| Falabella S.A. | FALABELLA | 4.01% |
| Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. | PEO | 4.01% |
| Banco de Chile | CHILE | 3.77% |
| LATAM Airlines Group S.A. | LTM | 3.54% |
| Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. | 2317 | 2.78% |
| MediaTek Inc. | 2454 | 2.57% |
| Cencosud S.A. | CENCOSUD | 2.51% |
Dividends
| Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 | $0.34617 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $0.27048 | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | $0.21255 | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | $0.17131 | Sep 30, 2024 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | $0.41951 | Jun 28, 2024 |
| Mar 26, 2024 | $0.02459 | Mar 28, 2024 |
Performance
FRDM had a total return of 14.57% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 10.75%.
News
FRDM: The Best Emerging Market ETF You're Not Holding
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FRDM: Investing In The Free World (No BRICS, Please)
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FRDM: Emerging Markets ETF Excluding China And India
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FRDM: The Emerging Market Alpha Is In Liberty
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FRDM ETF: Freedom As An Alternative EM Investing Strategy
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FRDM: Low-Yielding EM ETF Focusing On Right Sectors In Taiwan And South Korea
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Emerging Market Funds That Exclude China Are Beating the Index
Ex-China funds are attracting assets as geopolitical tensions with the U.S. grab headlines and China underperforms other emerging market countries.
China ETFs fall after services sector data, deepening losses this year as U.S. stocks, emerging-markets funds rise in 2023
Exchange-traded funds that invest in Chinese stocks were trading down Wednesday afternoon, deepening the ETFs' losses this year after data showed China's services sector cooled in June and as investor...
Emerging Markets Funds See Top 10 Weekly Outflow On Record
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FRDM: Emerging Markets Are Hated So Much It May Be Time To Buy
FRDM: Emerging Markets Are Hated So Much It May Be Time To Buy
Emerging Markets Insights: Emerging Market Banks Are Resilient
The liquidity crisis impacting selected developed market banks has unnerved emerging market investors. Markets have recovered from the turmoil following the liquidity crisis impacting some banks in th...
Partake In The FRDM To Outperform In Emerging Markets
Emerging markets are likely to outperform the benchmarks in the long term; however, not all emerging markets are equal. Evidence suggests that emerging markets in politically liberal regimes experienc...
FRDM: An Ambitious ETF With Some Kinks To Work Out
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‘Just so full of autocracies': For the Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF, outperformance in 2022 goes beyond nixing China
Hi! In this week's ETF Wrap, Life + Liberty Indexes founder Perth Tolle weighs in on why emerging-markets funds that exclude China don't go far enough, as well as on the Freedom 100 Emerging Markets E...
5 Emerging Market ETFs That Limit China Investments
Emerging market exchange-traded funds that limit exposure to China may be a better bet for investors as China's stocks get battered.
Raise A Glass To FRDM
In recent interviews, two legendary investors have indicated that emerging markets (EM) are cheap relative to U.S. assets. FRDM, the Alpha Architect ETF Trust - Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF, offer...
ETF Edge, August 2, 2021
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Perth Tolle And FRDM: 'We Made This For People Who Believe In The Benefits Of Freedom In Markets And Societies'
The Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF invests in emerging markets on a freedom-weighted basis. This ETF invests less or no money in countries that score lower on freedom rankings.