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BUFTFT CBOE VEST BUFFERED ALLOCATION DEFENSIVE ETF

FT CBOE VEST BUFFERED ALLOCATION DEFENSIVE ETF

$26.38-0.02% vs prior close
242652-WK

Price through Sep 30 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Sep 30. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

Price & daily flows
26.025.324.626.38DAILY NET FLOWSep 30Jan 29May 29Sep 30

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +7.2% so far this year.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$112Massets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
18Kavg daily volume, 30 days
7holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed June 28, 2024 · beta 0.21
Sector weights
ETF99.84%
Miscellaneous38.95%
Technology31.58%
Financial Services12.85%
Healthcare12.13%
Consumer Cyclical10.16%
Communication Services8.88%
Industrials7.95%
Consumer Defensive5.89%
Energy3.74%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Other13.83%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month+0.2%
3 months+1.9%
6 months+6.3%
YTD+7.2%
1 year+9.2%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
2%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-2.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.4%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

The case against BUFT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat BUFT on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ESMV iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF0.18%$7776.18T+$16K69164594× the assets · +$16K in over the monthHead-to-head
AGRH iShares Interest Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF0.13%$7862.98T—69936683× the assetsHead-to-head
HYGI iShares Inflation Hedged High Yield Bond ETF0.52%$5462.51T—48585843× the assetsHead-to-head
AGIH iShares Inflation Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF0.13%$2496.99T—22209257× the assetsHead-to-head
HEFA iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF0.35%$7.6B+$81M67× the assets · +$81M in over the monthHead-to-head
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