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Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF (FLKR) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for FLKR, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Same market, other index family

FLKR vs EWY

FLKR and EWY both follow South Korea through a different index family. Expense ratio 0.09% for FLKR, 0.59% for EWY. Ten largest holdings: 41.5% of FLKR, 49.4% of EWY. Gap = FLKR minus EWY, in percentage points.

WindowFLKREWYGap
1 year+138.46%+139.70%−1.25
3 years+49.22%+49.12%+0.10
5 years+19.93%+20.28%−0.35
Since both trade (8.9 y)+13.19%+12.92%+0.28
Calendar yearFLKREWYGap
2026 ytd+92.27%+92.53%−0.26
2025+91.91%+95.33%−3.42
2024−18.84%−20.48%+1.65
2023+19.17%+19.05%+0.11
2022−27.49%−26.59%−0.91
2021−7.54%−7.58%+0.04
2020+42.64%+39.43%+3.21
2019+8.88%+7.97%+0.91
2018−21.30%−20.37%−0.93

Total return of both funds (distributions reinvested, after all fund costs), same dates, in dollars; windows annualised, as of 2026-09-27. A cheaper fund can still return less when the other index holds more of the stock that ran. All pairs · Holdings overlap · descriptive, not advice.

Buying from Europe — UCITS versions of FLKR

EU / EEA investors · UCITS funds

Investors in the EU and the EEA usually cannot buy Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF itself: US-listed funds publish no key information document, which EU rules require. These European-domiciled funds follow the FTSE Korea index family instead.

FundIndexDividendsDomicileXetra (EUR)Londonvs FLKR, since
Franklin FTSE Korea UCITS ETFIE00BHZRR030 Same index family — Ireland FLXK FLXK · USD +0.93 pp (7 y)

Physically replicating Irish-domiciled funds pay 15% withholding tax on US dividends under the US–Ireland tax treaty; funds domiciled in Luxembourg usually pay 30% — a structural difference that shows up in the tracking difference of funds holding US shares. "Same index family" means the European fund may cap its largest holdings harder than the US fund, as EU fund rules require, so the two can diverge when one heavyweight runs. “vs FLKR, since” = the UCITS fund’s dollar line in London against FLKR, total return, percentage points a year since the common start — positive means the European version returned more. Listings verified against the vendor's symbol list by ticker and ISIN. All UCITS versions · descriptive, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: 101, “Korea ETFs — Franklin or MSCI? The Cheap Fund Lost the Chip Year”

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where FLKR appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

101 and glossary

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 1.74 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How FLKR has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.74 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF moved 1.74% on average · correlation 0.29 · higher than 98% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.91 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.35% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.64% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.40%, semi-annual · last 0.30 USD on 2026-06-26

Dividends and capital return

What FLKR pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.47 USD per share · a 2.40% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +1110.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.12 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.30 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-26
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.35 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.23 USD · 2025: 1.24 USD · 2026: 0.30 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-15

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF

Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF (FLKR) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF (FLKR)?

Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading as FLKR on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

How does Closelooknet use FLKR?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does FLKR trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +6.7% vs the 50-day and +22.5% vs the 200-day average, 15% below the 52-week high and +142.6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF had a beta of 1.74 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 98% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.35% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF?

Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently 101: Korea ETFs — Franklin or MSCI? The Cheap Fund Lost the Chip Year. What Closelooknet said most recently: Two US-listed funds cover South Korea: EWY at 0.59% a year and FLKR at 0.09%. (101). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

Does Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF pay a dividend?

Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF has paid 1.47 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 2.40% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.30 USD on 2026-06-26. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for FLKR, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelooknet names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.