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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
1.36% -5.66% 52.07M 7887.20
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
7.83% 143.0% -7.545M 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 to preserve capital. The Fund pursues its objectives by investing primarily in mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) representing part ownership in a pool of either residential or commercial mortgage loans that, in the opinion of the Fund’s investment advisor, offer an attractive combination of credit quality, yield and maturity.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Multisector Bond
Category Index Bloomberg US Universal TR USD
Global Category Name US Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization US Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg US Aggregate (^BBUSATR)
Prospectus Objective Government Bond - Mortgage
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Bloomberg US MBS TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
James Snyder 7.54 yrs
Jeremiah Charles 7.54 yrs
Owen Aronson 0.84 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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Name
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
YTD
7.23%
-3.41%
12.90%
4.68%
3.10%
-13.06%
16.07%
-1.12%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
-1.54%
-13.01%
5.53%
-3.13%
26.48%
-4.44%
23.01%
3.06%
8.62%
-18.99%
12.57%
10.26%
27.50%
-28.53%
27.30%
8.88%
-3.88%
-22.51%
14.64%
-3.16%
19.95%
-8.04%
14.50%
19.59%
12.04%
-14.34%
16.74%
5.71%
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1.34%
-16.03%
6.42%
-3.55%
As of April 24, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of January 31, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 2.23% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 97.77% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% 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 to preserve capital. The Fund pursues its objectives by investing primarily in mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) representing part ownership in a pool of either residential or commercial mortgage loans that, in the opinion of the Fund’s investment advisor, offer an attractive combination of credit quality, yield and maturity.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Multisector Bond
Category Index Bloomberg US Universal TR USD
Global Category Name US Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization US Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg US Aggregate (^BBUSATR)
Prospectus Objective Government Bond - Mortgage
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Bloomberg US MBS TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
James Snyder 7.54 yrs
Jeremiah Charles 7.54 yrs
Owen Aronson 0.84 yrs

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