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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
2.71% -15.40% 62.50M 52490.80
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
7.42% 16.00% -8.716M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. As a secondary objective, the Fund seeks an attractive total return. Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing at least 80% of its Managed Assets in a portfolio of securities of specialty finance and other financial companies that the Fund’s Sub-Advisor believes offer attractive opportunities for income and capital appreciation.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Small Cap/Value
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Sector Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Financial
Category Index S&P 1500 Financials TR
Global Category Name Financials Sector Equity
YCharts Categorization Financials Equity
YCharts Benchmark S&P 1500 Financials (Sector) Total Return (^SP15FINSTR)
Prospectus Objective Specialty - Financial
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
FTSE Nareit Mortgage REITs TR 20.00%
MVIS US Business Dvlpmnt Company NR USD 70.00%
S&P SmallCap Financials Index TR USD 10.00%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^MSWNTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Daniel Winter 16.87 yrs
David Miyazaki 16.87 yrs
Mark Keller 16.87 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of April 24, 2024. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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2017
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2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
YTD
-4.15%
-5.01%
27.82%
-41.60%
42.28%
-17.90%
29.50%
5.17%
22.40%
-8.71%
27.67%
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30.45%
9.38%
12.04%
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20.70%
-15.44%
31.91%
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20.21%
0.19%
0.75%
-16.46%
22.84%
-10.78%
34.16%
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-8.21%
13.09%
-25.66%
38.88%
-8.57%
61.97%
-23.55%
-1.13%
-4.68%
As of April 24, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of November 30, 2023.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 5.81% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 93.89% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.30% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. As a secondary objective, the Fund seeks an attractive total return. Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing at least 80% of its Managed Assets in a portfolio of securities of specialty finance and other financial companies that the Fund’s Sub-Advisor believes offer attractive opportunities for income and capital appreciation.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Small Cap/Value
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Sector Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Financial
Category Index S&P 1500 Financials TR
Global Category Name Financials Sector Equity
YCharts Categorization Financials Equity
YCharts Benchmark S&P 1500 Financials (Sector) Total Return (^SP15FINSTR)
Prospectus Objective Specialty - Financial
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
FTSE Nareit Mortgage REITs TR 20.00%
MVIS US Business Dvlpmnt Company NR USD 70.00%
S&P SmallCap Financials Index TR USD 10.00%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^MSWNTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Daniel Winter 16.87 yrs
David Miyazaki 16.87 yrs
Mark Keller 16.87 yrs

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