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HYLSFirst TrustACTIVE

FIRST TRUST TACTICAL HIGH YIELD ETF

$39.37+0.23% vs prior close
394252-WK

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

The First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide current income. The fund's secondary investment objective is to provide capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) in high yield debt securities that are rated below investment grade at the time of purchase or unrated securities deemed by the fund's advisor to be of comparable quality.

Price & daily flows
41.540.739.939.37DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

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

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -5.9% so far this year. At 1.27% a year it is not the cheapest way in — KEUA has a reported fee of 0.79%.

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

$1.5Bassets under management
1.27%expense ratio · $127 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
183Kavg daily volume, 30 days
22holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 29, 2023 · beta 0.20
Sector weights
Other100%
Cash & Others100%
Corporate88.68%
Loans4.42%
Mutual fund2.72%
Miscellaneous2.68%
Cash1.5%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Other100%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.6%
1 month-2.9%
3 months-3.5%
6 months-3.0%
YTD-5.9%
1 year-6.4%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
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1 month—
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CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
4%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.5%latest close versus that peak

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

The case against HYLS

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.3B+$489M-124bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-122bp on fee · 83× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.5B+$1.4B-124bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-123bp on fee · 16× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-123bp on fee · 13× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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