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) |
|
Management
Fees(1) |
|
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees |
|
Other
Expenses |
|
Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses |
|
1
Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
Year |
Since
Inception |
Inception
Date |
Return Before
Taxes |
- |
|
|
Return After
Taxes on Distributions |
- |
|
|
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(1) |
|
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees |
|
Other
Expenses |
|
Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses |
|
1
Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
Year |
Since
Inception |
Inception
Date |
Return Before
Taxes |
|
|
|
Return After
Taxes on Distributions |
|
|
|
Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
|
|
|
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 |
5
Years |
Inception
(2/14/2017) |
5
Years |
Inception
(2/14/2017) |
Fund
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
-12.84% |
0.72% |
1.23% |
3.65% |
7.00% |
Market
Price |
-13.14% |
0.67% |
1.18% |
3.41% |
6.71% |
Index
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
Bloomberg
U.S. Aggregate Bond Index |
-11.52% |
0.52% |
1.08% |
2.62% |
6.13% |
|
|
Average
Annual |
Cumulative |
|
1
Year |
Inception
(6/4/2018) |
Inception
(6/4/2018) |
Fund
Performance |
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
-5.55% |
2.42% |
10.65% |
Market
Price |
-5.31% |
2.52% |
11.09% |
Index
Performance |
|
|
|
ICE BofA
US Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Average Index |
0.72% |
1.32% |
5.72% |
|
|
Year
Ended August 31, | |||
|
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$53.98 |
$55.16 |
$52.97 |
$49.40 |
$51.01 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
0.88 |
0.76 |
1.06 |
1.39 |
1.15 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(7.76) |
(0.34) |
2.85 |
3.63 |
(1.46) |
Total
from investment operations |
(6.88) |
0.42 |
3.91 |
5.02 |
(0.31) |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.93) |
(0.81) |
(1.12) |
(1.45) |
(1.30) |
Net
realized gain |
— |
(0.75) |
(0.60) |
— |
(0.00)(a) |
Return of
Capital |
— |
(0.04) |
— |
— |
— |
Total
distributions |
(0.93) |
(1.60) |
(1.72) |
(1.45) |
(1.30) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$46.17 |
$53.98 |
$55.16 |
$52.97 |
$49.40 |
Total
Return(b) |
(12.84)% |
0.77% |
7.57% |
10.33% |
(0.57)% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$3,548,443 |
$5,297,667 |
$3,640,505 |
$900,459 |
$318,605 |
Ratios
to average net assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets |
0.65% |
0.65% |
0.65% |
0.65% |
0.65% |
Ratio of
net expenses to average net assets |
0.55% |
0.55% |
0.55% |
0.55% |
0.55% |
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
1.74% |
1.34% |
1.61% |
2.69% |
2.29% |
Portfolio
turnover rate(c)
(d) |
445% |
497% |
431% |
246% |
358% |
|
|
Year
Ended August 31, |
Period
Ended
8/31/2018(a)
| ||
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 | ||
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$26.56 |
$26.19 |
$25.79 |
$25.12 |
$25.00 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
0.55 |
0.53 |
0.75 |
0.77 |
0.17 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(2.01) |
0.52 |
0.50 |
0.75 |
0.10 |
Total
from investment operations |
(1.46) |
1.05 |
1.25 |
1.52 |
0.27 |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.52) |
(0.51) |
(0.85) |
(0.81) |
(0.15) |
Net
realized gain |
(0.01) |
(0.17) |
— |
(0.04) |
— |
Total
distributions |
(0.53) |
(0.68) |
(0.85) |
(0.85) |
(0.15) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$24.57 |
$26.56 |
$26.19 |
$25.79 |
$25.12 |
Total
Return(b) |
(5.55)% |
4.04% |
4.97% |
6.15% |
1.06% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$1,268,815 |
$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% |
0.85% |
0.85%(c) |
Ratio of
net expenses to average net assets |
0.75% |
0.75% |
0.75% |
0.75% |
0.75%(c) |
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
2.35% |
1.90% |
2.88% |
3.16% |
2.68%(c) |
Portfolio
turnover rate(d) |
208%(e) |
190%(e) |
111%(e) |
40%(e) |
70% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |