First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |
Ticker
Symbol: |
BUFR |
Exchange: |
Cboe
BZX |
Management
Fees(1)
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Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees |
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Other
Expenses |
|
Acquired
Fund Fees and Expenses |
|
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
|
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 |
- |
|
|
Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
- |
|
|
S&P
500® Index -
Price Return (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
- |
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You
should only
consider this investment if: |
You
should not
consider this investment if: |
•you
fully understand the risks inherent in an investment in
the
Fund; |
•you
do not fully understand the risks inherent in an
investment
in the Fund; |
•you
desire to invest in a product with a return that
depends
upon the performance of SPY over certain Target
Outcome
Periods; |
•you
do not desire to invest in a product with a return that
depends
upon the performance of SPY over certain Target
Outcome
Periods; |
•you
fully understand that investments made when an
Underlying
ETF is at or near to its cap may have limited to
no
upside; |
•you
do not fully understand that investments made when
an
Underlying ETF is at or near to its cap may have limited
to
no upside; |
•you
are willing to forgo any gains in excess of an
Underlying
ETF’s cap; |
•you
are unwilling to forgo any gains in excess of an
Underlying
ETF’s cap; |
•you
are not seeking an investment that provides
dividends
to shareholders; |
•you
are seeking an investment that provides dividends to
shareholders; |
•you
fully understand that investments made by the Fund
in
an Underlying ETF after a Target Outcome Period has
begun
may not fully benefit from the Underlying ETF’s
buffer; |
•you
do not fully understand that investments made by the
Fund
in an Underlying ETF after a Target Outcome Period
has
begun may not fully benefit from the Underlying ETF’s
buffer; |
•you
are willing to accept the risk of losing your entire
investment |
•you
are unwilling to accept the risk of losing your entire
investment |
|
|
Average
Annual |
Cumulative |
|
1
Year |
Inception
(8/10/2020) |
Inception
(8/10/2020) |
Fund
Performance |
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
14.09% |
7.96% |
26.38% |
Market
Price |
14.20% |
7.96% |
26.38% |
Index
Performance |
|
|
|
S&P
500® Index -
Price Return |
13.97% |
10.08% |
34.14% |
|
Year
Ended August 31, |
Period
Ended
8/31/2020(a)
| ||
|
2023 |
2022 |
2021 | |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$22.21 |
$23.30 |
$20.41 |
$20.05 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
(0.05
)(b) |
(0.03
) |
(0.02
) |
— |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
3.18 |
(1.06
) |
2.91 |
0.36 |
Total
from investment operations |
3.13 |
(1.09
) |
2.89 |
0.36 |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$25.34 |
$22.21 |
$23.30 |
$20.41 |
Total
Return(c) |
14.09
% |
(4.68
)% |
14.16
% |
1.80
% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$1,859,759 |
$728,564 |
$301,762 |
$6,124 |
Ratios
to average net assets: |
|
|
|
|
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets(d) |
0.20
% |
0.20
% |
0.20
% |
0.20
%(e) |
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
(0.20
)% |
(0.20
)% |
(0.20
)% |
(0.20
)%(e) |
Portfolio
turnover rate(f) |
1
% |
2
% |
1
% |
0
% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |