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(2) |
|
1
Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
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 |
|
Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses(1) |
|
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
3-Month US Treasury Bill Index (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or
taxes) |
|
|
|
ICE BofA US
Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Average Index (reflects no
deduction
for fees, expenses or taxes) |
|
|
|
Bloomberg US
Aggregate Bond 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 |
-2.15% |
0.40% |
0.70% |
1.99% |
4.69% |
Market
Price |
-1.68% |
0.44% |
0.74% |
2.22% |
4.92% |
Index
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
Bloomberg
U.S. Aggregate Bond Index |
-1.19% |
0.49% |
0.73% |
2.47% |
4.86% |
|
|
Average
Annual |
Cumulative | ||
|
1
Year |
5
Years |
Inception
(6/4/2018) |
5
Years |
Inception
(6/4/2018) |
Fund
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
3.18% |
2.47% |
2.56% |
12.97% |
14.17% |
Market
Price |
3.18% |
2.49% |
2.64% |
13.07% |
14.63% |
Index
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
ICE BofA
3-Month US Treasury Bill Index |
4.25% |
1.65% |
1.67% |
8.55% |
9.08% |
ICE BofA
US Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate
Average
Index(1) |
4.62% |
1.92% |
1.94% |
9.97% |
10.60% |
Bloomberg
US Aggregate Bond Index |
-1.19% |
0.49% |
0.67% |
2.47% |
3.58% |
|
Year
Ended August 31, | ||||
|
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$46.17 |
$53.98 |
$55.16 |
$52.97 |
$49.40 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
1.64
(a) |
0.88 |
0.76 |
1.06 |
1.39 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(2.64
) |
(7.76
) |
(0.34
) |
2.85 |
3.63 |
Total
from investment operations |
(1.00
) |
(6.88
) |
0.42 |
3.91 |
5.02 |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(1.75
) |
(0.93
) |
(0.81
) |
(1.12
) |
(1.45
) |
Net
realized gain |
— |
— |
(0.75
) |
(0.60
) |
— |
Return of
Capital |
— |
— |
(0.04
) |
— |
— |
Total
distributions |
(1.75
) |
(0.93
) |
(1.60
) |
(1.72
) |
(1.45
) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$43.42 |
$46.17 |
$53.98 |
$55.16 |
$52.97 |
Total
Return(b) |
(2.15
)% |
(12.84
)% |
0.77
% |
7.57
% |
10.33
% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$4,539,493 |
$3,548,443 |
$5,297,667 |
$3,640,505 |
$900,459 |
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 |
0.62
% |
0.55
% |
0.55
% |
0.55
% |
0.55
% |
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
3.72
% |
1.74
% |
1.34
% |
1.61
% |
2.69
% |
Portfolio
turnover rate(c)
(d) |
456
% |
445
% |
497
% |
431
% |
246
% |
|
Year
Ended August 31, | ||||
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 | |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$24.57 |
$26.56 |
$26.19 |
$25.79 |
$25.12 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
1.11
(a) |
0.55 |
0.53 |
0.75 |
0.77 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(0.35
) |
(2.01
) |
0.52 |
0.50 |
0.75 |
Total
from investment operations |
0.76 |
(1.46
) |
1.05 |
1.25 |
1.52 |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(1.14
) |
(0.52
) |
(0.51
) |
(0.85
) |
(0.81
) |
Net
realized gain |
— |
(0.01
) |
(0.17
) |
— |
(0.04
) |
Total
distributions |
(1.14
) |
(0.53
) |
(0.68
) |
(0.85
) |
(0.85
) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$24.19 |
$24.57 |
$26.56 |
$26.19 |
$25.79 |
Total
Return(b) |
3.18
% |
(5.55
)% |
4.04
% |
4.97
% |
6.15
% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$1,488,897 |
$1,268,815 |
$608,317 |
$204,295 |
$207,606 |
Ratios
to average net assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets |
0.85
% |
0.85
% |
0.85
% |
0.85
% |
0.85
% |
Ratio of
net expenses to average net assets |
0.82
% |
0.75
% |
0.75
% |
0.75
% |
0.75
% |
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
4.60
% |
2.35
% |
1.90
% |
2.88
% |
3.16
% |
Portfolio
turnover rate (c)
(d) |
257
% |
208
% |
190
% |
111
% |
40
% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |