Symbols

FPE

First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF·ARCA

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Key Stats

Assets Under Management

6.25BUSD

Fund Flow (1Y)

392.58MUSD

Dividend Yield

5.93%

Discount / Premium to NAV

0.11%

Shares Outstanding

350.90M

Expense Ratio

0.83%

About First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF

Issuer

First Trust Advisors L.P.

Brand

First Trust

Home Page

http://www.ftportfolios.com/Retail/Etf/EtfSummary.aspx?Ticker=Fpe

Inception Date

Feb 11, 2013

Structure

Open-Ended Fund

Index Tracked

Management Style

Active

Dividend Treatment

Distributes

Distribution Tax Treatment

Ordinary income

Income Tax Type

Capital Gains

Max ST Capital Gains Rate

39.60%

Max LT Capital Gains Rate

20.00%

Primary Advisor

First Trust Advisors LP

Distributor

First Trust Portfolios LP

FPE invests in preferred stocks issued by US firms including foreign non-USD issues. The Fund may include issues from the financial, communications, consumer, government, utilities, energy, materials, industrial and technology sectors but may concentrate at least 25% to the financial sector. Securities are selected by combining a bottom-up individual security analysis and top-down sector analysis focusing on three significant areas: credit fundamentals, relative value, and technical factors like interest rate sensitivity, call features, maturities, and pricing inefficiencies. The fund carries a fair amount of interest rate risk due to its long average duration. FPE may also invest in REITs and up to 40% of the portfolio can be allocated in high-yielding bonds.