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About First Trust S-Network Electric & Future Vehicle Ecosystem ETF
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Inception date
May 9, 2011
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
CARZ invests in electric and autonomous vehicles, which it defines as future vehicles as well as on its related technology. The index includes companies that are primarily engaged in the following: (1) electric and autonomous vehicle manufacturing, (2) electric and autonomous vehicle enabling technologies, (3) electric and autonomous vehicle enabling materials, and (4) the development and manufacture of future automotive technology and products. It also includes technology companies focused on developing and supplying technology essential to manufacturing future vehicles. The index ranks the securities by market-cap and selects the top 100. These securities are weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization with a single security cap of 4.5%. Prior to Jan. 26, 2022, the fund name was First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund. It followed the NASDAQ Global Auto Index, which focused on global automobile manufacturers.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Electronic Technology
Consumer Durables
Technology Services
Producer Manufacturing
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Top 10 holdings
Auto industry likely to inflect downward from hereManufacturing has been a red-hot sector lately, and the CARZ auto ETF has been a beneficiary of that boom. The latest manufacturing data out today show continued outperformance by this sector, which I suppose is why CARZ is up today:
Empire State index: 17
Price of imported industrial supplies: +3.
MOTOR INDUSTRY: IT'S DOWN, DOWN, DOWN FROM HEREMotor Cars are obsolescent technology. They promised transport to any destination at any time of day or night. The present reality is gridlock, destinations inacessible, unsustainable road building, air pollution. E-cars are not the answer, but a new transport technology of capsules travelling in tu
Global AutoIndex, $CARZElliottWave Ending Diagonal, ready to head lower. At least reasonable size IV wave should be under progress. In next larger degree not marked to the chart it is possible IV is missing for upside, but at least for several weeks if not a month this should be bearish sign for most car makers.
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