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FCEFFirst Trust Income Opportunity ETF

Get income9y track recordRanked #1,327 of 1,706 in this goal

Seeks to provide current income with a secondary emphasis on total return.

By First Trust · Launched 2016

Annual Cost

3.69%

#6,024 of 6,040 · expensive

Fund Size

$83M

#3,256 of 6,040 · mid-size

Return (1Y)

+9.5%

Track Record

9 years

#1,471 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,908+9.1%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Strategy

Active selection

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 33.2% of funddiversified

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds
5.2%
Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
3.7%
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund
3.4%
Hancock John Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
3.3%
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund
3.2%
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Divid Income Fd
3.1%
Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust
3.0%
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund Inc.
2.8%
abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund
2.8%
Blackrock Science & Technology Trust
2.6%

Asset allocation

Stocks
57.0%
Bonds
34.9%
Preferred
6.1%
Other
3.1%
Convertible
2.0%

By sector

Financial Services
24.9%
Technology
15.4%
Utilities
14.8%
Healthcare
10.0%
Energy
9.6%
Industrials
8.5%
Real Estate
4.5%
Communication
4.0%
Other
8.4%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
8.0%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-44.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.06Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.45Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to provide current income with a secondary emphasis on total return.
Strategy
Invests in a portfolio of closed-end funds and ETFs listed in the U.S. The Fund utilizes a proprietary model to select investments based on various market metrics and economic factors, including fund size, duration, and distribution rate, among others. May invest in U.S. and non-U.S. equity and debt securities, commodities, and various other asset types.
Inception date
September 27, 2016
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-09-18