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About First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF
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Inception date
Nov 4, 2014
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
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
LMBS is an actively managed MBS ETF that has a duration target and reaches beyond agency-backed MBS to include non-agency and commercial MBS, for relative value and yield. As such, the portfolio carries material credit risk that is greater than that of pure-play agency-MBS funds. The fund's low-duration mandate increases its appeal to investors who are nervous about rising interest rates but LMBS short-duration mandate can lead to high portfolio turnover, with further implications for holding costs. Institutions should work with market makers on block trades, as some underlying non-agency-backed MBS and CMBS can be hard to access.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Securitized
Government
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Securitized81.42%
Government15.95%
Cash1.39%
Mutual fund0.60%
Corporate0.57%
ETF0.06%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history