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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
4.34% -8.24% 1.138B 145558.6
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
8.39% 39.00% -1.068M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund seeks a high level of current income through investing in preferred and other income-producing securities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its Managed Assets in a portfolio of preferred and other income-producing securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies, including traditional preferred securities, hybrid preferred securities that have investment and economic characteristics of both preferred securities and debt securities, floating rate and fixed-to-floating rate preferred securities, debt securities, convertible securities and contingent convertible securities.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Preferred Stock
Category Index ICE BofA Fxd Rate Pref TR USD
Global Category Name US Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization US Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg US Aggregate (^BBUSATR)
Prospectus Objective Income
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
ICE BofA Fxd Rate Pref TR USD 50.00%
ICE BofA US Captl TR USD 50.00%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Robert Wolf 10.87 yrs
Scott Fleming 10.87 yrs
Angelo Graci 2.03 yrs
Eric Weaver 2.03 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of April 23, 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
9.51%
-11.98%
28.23%
9.69%
8.54%
-25.83%
5.27%
7.71%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
-1.54%
-13.01%
5.53%
-2.90%
11.25%
-4.98%
18.14%
5.97%
5.24%
-12.77%
6.83%
3.11%
13.38%
-12.68%
35.25%
-1.97%
9.75%
-19.15%
0.72%
6.09%
18.04%
-12.28%
30.09%
4.15%
6.33%
-24.73%
-2.54%
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15.92%
-12.28%
36.77%
2.40%
11.95%
-22.56%
5.44%
5.58%
As of April 23, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of July 31, 2023.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 0.53% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 52.48% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 6.96% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 40.03% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund seeks a high level of current income through investing in preferred and other income-producing securities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its Managed Assets in a portfolio of preferred and other income-producing securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies, including traditional preferred securities, hybrid preferred securities that have investment and economic characteristics of both preferred securities and debt securities, floating rate and fixed-to-floating rate preferred securities, debt securities, convertible securities and contingent convertible securities.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Preferred Stock
Category Index ICE BofA Fxd Rate Pref TR USD
Global Category Name US Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization US Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg US Aggregate (^BBUSATR)
Prospectus Objective Income
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
ICE BofA Fxd Rate Pref TR USD 50.00%
ICE BofA US Captl TR USD 50.00%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Robert Wolf 10.87 yrs
Scott Fleming 10.87 yrs
Angelo Graci 2.03 yrs
Eric Weaver 2.03 yrs

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