First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |
Ticker
Symbol: |
LDSF |
Exchange: |
Nasdaq |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering
price) |
|
Management
Fees(1) |
|
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees |
|
Other
Expenses |
|
Acquired
Fund Fees and 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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1
Year |
Since
Inception |
Inception
Date |
Return Before
Taxes |
- |
|
|
Return After
Taxes on Distributions |
- |
|
|
Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
- |
|
|
Blended
Benchmark(1) (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
|
|
|
Bloomberg 1-5
Year Government/Credit Index (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or
taxes) |
- |
|
|
|
|
Average
Annual |
Cumulative |
|
1
Year |
Inception
(1/3/2019) |
Inception
(1/3/2019) |
Fund
Performance |
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
-4.98% |
0.81% |
2.99% |
Market
Price |
-4.99% |
0.79% |
2.93% |
Index
Performance |
|
|
|
Blended
Benchmark(1) |
-6.72% |
1.47% |
5.48% |
Bloomberg
1-5 Year Government/Credit Index |
-5.85% |
0.87% |
3.21% |
|
Year
Ended August 31, |
Period
Ended
8/31/2019(a)
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|
2022 |
2021 |
2020 | |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$20.23 |
$20.42 |
$20.50 |
$20.03 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
0.29 |
0.38 |
0.49 |
0.43 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(1.29) |
(0.06) |
(0.07) |
0.47 |
Total
from investment operations |
(1.00) |
0.32 |
0.42 |
0.90 |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.35) |
(0.51) |
(0.50) |
(0.43) |
Return of
Capital |
(0.06) |
— |
— |
|
Total
Distributions |
(0.41) |
(0.51) |
(0.50) |
(0.43) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$18.82 |
$20.23 |
$20.42 |
$20.50 |
Total
Return (b) |
(4.98)% |
1.57% |
2.09% |
4.52% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$210,757 |
$184,072 |
$130,701 |
$50,228 |
Ratios
to average net assets: |
|
|
|
|
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets (c) |
0.20% |
0.20% |
0.20% |
0.20%(d) |
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
1.53% |
1.85% |
2.36% |
3.16%(d) |
Portfolio
turnover rate (e) |
50% |
54% |
71% |
14% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |