BUFYFT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF
Seeks to provide investors with capital appreciation.
By First Trust · Launched 2024
Annual Cost
1.00%
#5,360 of 6,040 · expensive
Fund Size
$163M
#2,633 of 6,040 · mid-size
Return (1Y)
+10.5%
Track Record
1 year
#3,765 of 6,040 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,062+10.6%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundHoldings
By weightConcentration
Top 5 holdings = 100.0% of fundconcentrated
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
25.2%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
25.1%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
24.9%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
24.8%
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds
0.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
98.7%
Cash
1.2%
Other
0.1%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
6.8%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-8.0%Mild
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
Unavailable
Needs 3+ years of history
Sortino (3Y)
Not yet
Needs 3+ years of history
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to provide investors with capital appreciation.
- Strategy
- Invests in a laddered portfolio of Underlying ETFs to provide international developed market equity exposure while attempting to limit downside risk. The strategy includes a buffer against the first 15% of EFA losses.
- Inception date
- September 25, 2024
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18