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FPEFirst TrustACTIVE

FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND III

$17.07+0.12% vs prior close
17.0518.5152-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund. The fund's investment objective is to seek total return and to provide current income. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in preferred securities and income-producing debt securities including corporate bonds, high yield securities and convertible securities.

Price & daily flows
17.5117.3417.1817.07DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -6.3% so far this year. At 0.85% a year it is not the cheapest way in — GSIG has a reported fee of 0.14%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$5.5Bassets under management
0.85%expense ratio · $85 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
1.4Mavg daily volume, 30 days
125holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 1, 2023 · beta 0.24
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Other94.7%
Real Estate81.07%
Corporate56.13%
Finance33.66%
Financial Services18.93%
Consumer Non-Durables1.56%
Communications1.27%
ETF0.99%
Rights & Warrants0.82%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other89.35%
United States9.77%
Bermuda0.78%
United Kingdom0.1%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.0%
1 month-3.0%
3 months-4.6%
6 months-3.1%
YTD-6.3%
1 year-6.7%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
5%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.8%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
3.1Mshares traded
The case against FPE

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FPE on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.3B+$489M-82bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-80bp on fee · 23× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-81bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-81bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$46B+$2B-80bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$2B in over the monthHead-to-head
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