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FIRST TRUST TCW OPPORTUNISTIC FIXED INCOME ETF

$42.75-0.51% today
434552-WK

The First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund. The Fund's investment objective is to seek to maximize long-term total return. Under normal market conditions, the Fund pursues its objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in fixed income securities.

Price & daily flows
43.142.942.842.75DAILY NET FLOWJul 24Aug 4Aug 12Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -3.5% so far this year. At 0.65% a year it is not the cheapest way in — LQD runs the same ground at 0.14%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$5.3Bassets under management
0.65%expense ratio · $65 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
282Kavg daily volume, 30 days
75holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed September 30, 2023 · beta 0.14
Sector weights
Other100%
Cash & Others99.99%
Securitized42.69%
Government39.11%
Corporate16.3%
Cash1.34%
Loans0.68%
Agency0.41%
Municipal0.38%
Communications0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.3%
1 month-0.3%
3 months-1.4%
6 months-4.5%
YTD-3.5%
1 year-2.6%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
5%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.9%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
167Kshares traded
The case against FIXD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FIXD on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16B+$288M-62bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-61bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-60bp on fee · 24× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-61bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-61bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
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