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FSMBFIRST TRUST SHORT DURATION MANAGED MUNICIPAL ETF

FIRST TRUST SHORT DURATION MANAGED MUNICIPAL ETF

$19.87-0.25% today
19.812052-WK
Price & daily flows
20.120.019.9019.87DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

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

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -0.9% so far this year.

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

$429Massets under management
expense ratio
net flow, trailing month
129Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed January 14, 2024 · beta 0.03
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Other100%
Municipal99.17%
Revenue81.91%
General obligation12.2%
Double barrel5.89%
Cash0.83%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.5%
1 month+0.3%
3 months-0.2%
6 months-1.8%
YTD-0.9%
1 year-0.6%
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
2%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
2%realized volatility, 1 year
-2.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.8%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
108Kshares traded
The case against FSMB

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M299× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF0.07%$103.2B+$4.7B241× the assets · +$4.7B in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$45.8B+$585M107× the assets · +$585M in over the monthHead-to-head
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF0.15%$45.4B+$4B106× the assets · +$4B in over the monthHead-to-head
GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF0.05%$43.8B+$304M102× the assets · +$304M in over the monthHead-to-head
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