BUFTFT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF
Seeks to provide investors with capital preservation.
By First Trust · Launched 2021
Annual Cost
1.21%
#5,664 of 6,040 · expensive
Fund Size
$161M
#2,655 of 6,040 · mid-size
Return (1Y)
+9.5%
Track Record
4 years
#2,478 of 6,040 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,948+9.5%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundHoldings
By weightConcentration
Top 8 holdings = 100.0% of fundconcentrated
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
17.1%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
15.9%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
14.7%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
14.5%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
13.0%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
12.5%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
12.3%
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds
0.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.3%
Cash
0.7%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
3.3%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-10.4%Mild
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.89Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.32Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to provide investors with capital preservation.
- Strategy
- Invests in a portfolio of ETFs that provide a defined buffer against losses of SPY over a one-year period while seeking returns based on SPY's price return, up to a predetermined cap. Employs a target outcome strategy to manage downside risk and upside potential.
- Inception date
- October 26, 2021
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18