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First Trust China AlphaDEX® Fund (FCA) declares $0.0382/share quarterly dividend, -81.5% decrease from prior dividend of $0.2061.Forward yield 0.53%Payable March 31; for shareholders of record March 26; ex-div March 25.See

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First Trust China AlphaDEX® Fund (FCA) declares $0.2061/share quarterly dividend, -54.9% decrease from prior dividend of $0.4568.Forward yield 2.92%Payable Dec. 31; for shareholders of record Dec. 28; ex-div Dec. 24.See

The central banks have increased their assets by 38.5% in the last twelve months, which has had a profound effect on both the bond and equity markets globally.They have pushed down interest rates for their nations, in an attempt to control the debt of their respective governments, as all of the governments borrowed more and more money to support their economies during the pandemic.The ECB and the BOJ have pushed their yields below the once-unthinkable line of zero. The Fed may also be motivated into negative interest rates if the Democrats win the upcoming US elections.

Retail sales jumped to 3.3% YoY in September from 0.5% YoY in August. This big jump shows that consumption has further stabilised.Property investment grew 5.6% YoY YTD in September after 4.6% YoY YTD in August.Headline industrial production was 6.9% YoY in September, a moderate improvement from 5.6% YoY in the previous month.We are revising our China GDP forecast to 1.7% from 0.7% for the whole of 2020, and 5.5% YoY from 4.0% YoY for 4Q20.

Tariffs and sanctions haven't yet hampered Chinese corporate bond markets too much.Because US-China tensions may escalate in the run-up to the US elections on November 3, we think caution is warranted.Investors should also make case-by-case assessments when looking at the potential vulnerabilities of Chinese banks and SOEs, in our view.