LDSFFirst Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF

Get income Stay safe7y track recordRanked #88 of 340 in this goal

Seeks to generate current income, with a secondary objective of preservation of capital.

By First Trust · Launched 2019

Annual Cost

0.77%

#3,906 of 5,562 · expensive

Fund Size

$162M

#2,477 of 5,562 · mid-size

Dividend YieldGoal

4.62%

Track Record

7 years

#1,862 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$10,477+4.8%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Fixed income

Region

North america

Strategy

Active selection

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 8 holdings = 100.0% of fund✓ diversified through underlying funds

First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF

38.0%

First Trust Limited Duration Investment Grade Corporate ETF

34.9%

First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF

13.4%

First Trust Senior Loan Fund

5.0%

First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF

3.0%

First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF

3.0%

First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF

2.5%

MSILF Treasury Portfolio

0.2%

Asset allocation

Bonds

90.7%

Cash

8.5%

Preferred

0.7%

Convertible

0.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

2.1%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-8.6%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.59Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

0.83Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Duration

4.8 years

Avg maturity

9.5 years

Credit ratings

US Government

0.7%

AAA

39.4%

4.5%

10.7%

BBB

23.0%

10.7%

9.0%

Below B

2.2%

Other

0.6%

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to generate current income, with a secondary objective of preservation of capital.
Strategy: Invests primarily in U.S.-listed ETFs that focus on income-generating securities with an effective duration of three years or less. The Fund employs a disciplined macroeconomic and asset-level analysis process to construct a portfolio that manages interest rate and credit risk.
Inception date: January 3, 2019
Fund family: First Trust