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GRID · First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund
Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in GRID with dividends reinvested grew to $78,082, 14.60% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -25.97%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How GRID held up in past market crashes
GRID has been through 3 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 40.6% in the 2020 COVID crash, when the S&P 500 fell 34.1%. It took 5 months from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | GRID deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -25.2% | -20.2% | Sep 2018 to Dec 2018 | 9 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -40.6% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 5 months |
| 2022 bear market | -28.7% | -25.4% | Jan 2022 to Oct 2022 | 8 months |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About GRID
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund that provides targeted exposure to companies involved in smart grid and electric energy infrastructure. The fund is designed to track the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index and typically holds stocks and depositary receipts of firms active in electric grids, meters, network equipment, energy storage, energy management, and enabling software.
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