First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |
Ticker
Symbol: |
LDSF
|
Exchange:
|
Nasdaq |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering
price)
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Management
Fees
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Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees
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Other
Expenses
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Acquired
Fund Fees and Expenses
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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|
1
Year
|
3
Years
|
5
Years
|
10
Years
|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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1
Year |
Since
Inception |
Inception
Date |
Return Before
Taxes |
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Return After
Taxes On Distributions |
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Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
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|
|
Blended
Benchmark(1) (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
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|
Bloomberg 1-5
Year Government/Credit Index (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses
or taxes) |
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Average
Annual |
Cumulative
|
|
1 Year
|
Inception
(1/3/2019)
|
Inception
(1/3/2019)
|
Fund
Performance
|
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
1.57% |
3.08% |
8.39% |
Market
Price |
1.52% |
3.06% |
8.33% |
Index
Performance
|
|
|
|
Blended
Benchmark(1)
|
2.26% |
4.74% |
13.08% |
Bloomberg
1-5 Year Government/Credit Index |
0.33% |
3.52% |
9.62% |
|
Year
Ended August 31, |
Period
Ended
8/31/2019(a)
| |
|
2021 |
2020 | |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$20.42 |
$20.50 |
$20.03 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
0.38 |
0.49 |
0.43 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(0.06) |
(0.07) |
0.47 |
Total
from investment operations |
0.32 |
0.42 |
0.90 |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.51) |
(0.50) |
(0.43) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$20.23 |
$20.42 |
$20.50 |
Total
Return (b) |
1.57% |
2.09% |
4.52% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$184,072 |
$130,701 |
$50,228 |
Ratios
to average net assets: |
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|
|
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets (c)
|
0.20% |
0.20% |
(d)0.20%
|
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
1.85% |
2.36% |
(d)3.16%
|
Portfolio
turnover rate (e)
|
54% |
71% |
14% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |