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About FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE TRADED FUND CAPITAL STRENGTH ETF
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Inception date
Jul 6, 2006
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
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
FTCS seeks to outperform the broader large-cap space by selecting companies based on their strength of their balance sheets, looking at cash balances, long-term debt ratios, and ROE. FTCS picks from a relatively narrow subset of the large-cap universe: the NASDAQ US benchmark, a 500-firm composite of NASDAQ-listed companies. By design, FTCS will always struggle to reflect the broad large-cap market given its limited selection universe, but it fills a niche within a crowded segment. The index undergoes quarterly reconstitution and rebalance. FTCS formerly tracked a large-cap value index and traded under the ticker FDV. The fund was rebranded in May 2013.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Consumer Non-Durables
Electronic Technology
Technology Services
Stocks99.88%
Finance18.09%
Consumer Non-Durables13.18%
Electronic Technology11.95%
Technology Services10.57%
Retail Trade9.91%
Health Technology8.14%
Process Industries8.02%
Producer Manufacturing4.14%
Distribution Services4.09%
Consumer Durables3.92%
Transportation3.85%
Commercial Services2.13%
Energy Minerals1.88%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.12%
Cash0.12%
Stock breakdown by region
North America93.93%
Europe6.07%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history