First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |
FUND
NAME |
TICKER
SYMBOL |
EXCHANGE
|
First
Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF |
FIXD
|
Nasdaq
|
First
Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF |
UCON
|
NYSE
Arca |
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
|
|
Acquired
Fund Fees and Expenses |
|
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
|
Fee
Waiver(1)
|
|
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver |
|
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
|
|
|
|
Bloomberg
U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses
or taxes)
|
|
|
|
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering
price)
|
|
Management
Fees
|
|
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees
|
|
Other
Expenses
|
|
Acquired
Fund Fees and Expenses |
|
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
|
Fee
Waiver(1)
|
|
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver |
|
1
Year
|
3
Years
|
5
Years
|
10
Years
|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
Year |
Since
Inception |
Inception
Date |
Return Before
Taxes |
|
|
|
Return After
Taxes on Distributions |
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|
|
Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
|
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|
ICE BofA US
Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Average Index (reflects no
deduction
for fees, expenses or taxes) |
|
|
|
Fund
|
Management
Fee |
First
Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF |
0.65%
|
First
Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF |
0.85% |
|
|
Average
Annual |
Cumulative
|
|
1 Year
|
Inception
(2/14/2017)
|
Inception
(2/14/2017)
|
Fund
Performance
|
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
0.77% |
4.62% |
22.76% |
Market
Price |
0.82% |
4.64% |
22.86% |
Index
Performance
|
|
|
|
Bloomberg
U.S. Aggregate Bond Index |
-0.08% |
4.08% |
19.94% |
|
|
Average
Annual |
Cumulative
|
|
1 Year
|
Inception
(6/4/2018)
|
Inception
(6/4/2018)
|
Fund
Performance
|
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
4.04% |
5.01% |
17.16% |
Market
Price |
3.99% |
5.05% |
17.33% |
Index
Performance
|
|
|
|
ICE BofA
US Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Average Index
|
0.21% |
1.51% |
4.96% |
|
Year
Ended August 31, |
Period
Ended
8/31/2017(a)
| |||
|
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 | |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$55.16 |
$52.97 |
$49.40 |
$51.01 |
$50.00 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
0.76 |
1.06 |
1.39 |
1.15 |
0.49 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(0.34) |
2.85 |
3.63 |
(1.46) |
1.12 |
Total
from investment operations |
0.42 |
3.91 |
5.02 |
(0.31) |
1.61 |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.81) |
(1.12) |
(1.45) |
(1.30) |
(0.60) |
Net
realized gain |
(0.75) |
(0.60) |
— |
(b)(0.00)
|
— |
Return
of Capital |
(0.04) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Total
distributions |
(1.60) |
(1.72) |
(1.45) |
(1.30) |
(0.60) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$53.98 |
$55.16 |
$52.97 |
$49.40 |
$51.01 |
Total
Return(c) |
0.77% |
7.57% |
10.33% |
(0.57)% |
3.23% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$5,297,667 |
$3,640,505 |
$900,459 |
$318,605 |
$51,011 |
Ratios
to average net assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets |
0.65% |
0.65% |
0.65% |
0.65% |
(d)0.65%
|
Ratio of
net expenses to average net assets |
0.55% |
0.55% |
0.55% |
0.55% |
(d)0.55%
|
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
1.34% |
1.61% |
2.69% |
2.29% |
(d)1.81%
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(e)
(f)
|
497% |
431% |
246% |
358% |
231% |
|
Year
Ended August 31, |
Period
Ended
8/31/2018(a)
| ||
2021 |
2020 |
2019 | ||
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$26.19 |
$25.79 |
$25.12 |
$25.00 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
0.53 |
0.75 |
0.77 |
0.17 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
0.52 |
0.50 |
0.75 |
0.10 |
Total
from investment operations |
1.05 |
1.25 |
1.52 |
0.27 |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.51) |
(0.85) |
(0.81) |
(0.15) |
Net
realized gain |
(0.17) |
— |
(0.04) |
— |
Total
distributions |
(0.68) |
(0.85) |
(0.85) |
(0.15) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$26.56 |
$26.19 |
$25.79 |
$25.12 |
Total
Return(b) |
4.04% |
4.97% |
6.15% |
1.06% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$608,317 |
$204,295 |
$207,606 |
$25,125 |
Ratios
to average net assets: |
|
|
|
|
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets |
0.85% |
0.85% |
0.85% |
(c)0.85%
|
Ratio of
net expenses to average net assets |
0.75% |
0.75% |
0.75% |
(c)0.75%
|
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
1.90% |
2.88% |
3.16% |
(c)2.68%
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(d)
|
(e)190%
|
(e)111%
|
(e)40%
|
70% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |