First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VII |
Ticker
Symbol: |
FTGC |
Exchange: |
Nasdaq |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering
price) |
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Management
Fees |
|
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees |
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Other
Expenses |
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
|
1
Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
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|
|
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|
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|
1
Year |
5
Years |
Since
Inception |
Inception
Date |
Return Before
Taxes |
|
|
- |
|
Return After
Taxes On Distributions |
|
|
- |
|
Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
|
|
- |
|
Bloomberg
Commodity Index (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or
taxes) |
|
|
- |
|
S&P
GSCI® Total Return
Index (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or
taxes) |
|
|
- |
|
S&P
500® Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
|
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Commodity |
|
Cattle, Live
/ Choice Average |
Crude Oil,
Brent / Global Spot |
Cocoa |
NY Harbor
ULSD (Heating Oil) |
Cotton /
1-1/16” |
Gas-Oil-Petroleum |
Feeder
Cattle |
Natural Gas,
Henry Hub |
Coffee ‘C’ /
Colombian |
ICE Natural
Gas Futures |
Soybeans /
No. 2 Yellow |
Endex Dutch
TTF Natural Gas |
Soybean Meal
/ 48% Protein |
Gasoline,
Blendstock (RBOB) |
Soybean Oil
/ Crude |
Gold |
Corn / No. 2
Yellow |
Silver |
Wheat / No.
2 Hard Winter |
Platinum |
Wheat / No.
2 Soft Red |
Copper High
Grade / Scrap No. 2 Wire |
Sugar #11 /
World Raw |
Aluminum,
LME Primary |
Sugar #11 /
White Sugar |
Lead, LME
Primary |
Hogs, Lean /
Average Iowa/S Minn |
Nickel, LME
Primary |
Crude Oil,
WTI / Global Spot |
Tin, LME
Primary |
Canola
Futures |
Zinc, LME
Primary |
Carbon
Emission Futures |
|
|
|
Average
Annual |
Cumulative | ||
|
1
Year |
5
Years |
Inception
(10/22/2013) |
5
Years |
Inception
(10/22/2013) |
Fund
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
28.09% |
4.44% |
-2.02% |
24.24% |
-15.36% |
Market
Price |
27.84% |
4.44% |
-2.00% |
24.27% |
-15.26% |
Index
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
Bloomberg
Commodity Index |
27.11% |
3.66% |
-2.38% |
19.70% |
-17.88% |
S&P
GSCI® Total
Return Index |
40.35% |
2.80% |
-6.60% |
14.79% |
-42.82% |
S&P
500®
Index |
28.71% |
18.47% |
15.20% |
133.41% |
218.66% |
|
Year
Ended December 31, |
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|
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 | |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$19.27 |
$18.94 |
$17.92 |
$20.77 |
$20.43 |
|
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
(0.22)(a) |
(0.14) |
0.26 |
0.18 |
(0.03) |
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
5.63 |
0.47 |
0.91 |
(2.89) |
0.62 |
|
Total
from investment operations |
5.41 |
0.33 |
1.17 |
(2.71) |
0.59 |
|
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(1.66) |
— |
(0.15) |
(0.11) |
(0.25) |
|
Return of
capital |
— |
— |
— |
(0.03) |
— |
|
Total
distributions |
(1.66) |
— |
(0.15) |
(0.14) |
(0.25) |
|
Net
asset value, end of period |
$23.02 |
$19.27 |
$18.94 |
$17.92 |
$20.77 |
|
Total
Return(b) |
28.09% |
1.74% |
6.55% |
(13.04)% |
2.89% |
|
Ratios
to average net assets/supplemental data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$1,979,385 |
$238,039 |
$163,876 |
$168,520 |
$188,005 |
|
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets |
0.95% |
0.95% |
0.95% |
0.95% |
0.95% |
|
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
(0.94)% |
(0.54)% |
1.13% |
0.75% |
(0.33)% |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(c) |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VII |