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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
0.45% -0.02% 6.522B 828533.4
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
4.84% 64.00% -1.671B Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks current income, consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity. Under normal market conditions, the Advisor intends to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated fixed- and variable-rate debt securities. Normally the fund's portfolio is expected to have an average duration of less than one year and an average maturity of less than three years.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style Medium Quality/Limited Sensitivity
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Ultrashort Bond
Category Index Bloomberg Govt/Corp 1 Yr Duration 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 0-1Y US Trsy TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
James Snyder 9.66 yrs
Jeremiah Charles 9.66 yrs
Todd Larson 9.66 yrs
Eric Maisel 8.53 yrs
Scott Skowronski 1.25 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of April 17, 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
1.45%
1.94%
2.82%
1.12%
-0.01%
1.02%
5.12%
1.29%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
-1.54%
-13.01%
5.53%
-2.94%
1.41%
1.71%
3.55%
1.39%
0.32%
0.41%
7.41%
0.23%
1.86%
2.18%
3.39%
1.88%
0.03%
0.01%
5.99%
1.50%
2.80%
0.30%
5.70%
1.44%
0.55%
0.74%
7.41%
2.75%
1.86%
1.72%
3.33%
1.62%
-0.03%
-1.01%
6.25%
1.93%
As of April 17, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of April 15, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 39.10% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 60.90% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks current income, consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity. Under normal market conditions, the Advisor intends to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated fixed- and variable-rate debt securities. Normally the fund's portfolio is expected to have an average duration of less than one year and an average maturity of less than three years.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style Medium Quality/Limited Sensitivity
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Ultrashort Bond
Category Index Bloomberg Govt/Corp 1 Yr Duration 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 0-1Y US Trsy TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
James Snyder 9.66 yrs
Jeremiah Charles 9.66 yrs
Todd Larson 9.66 yrs
Eric Maisel 8.53 yrs
Scott Skowronski 1.25 yrs

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