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About First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF
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Inception date
May 18, 2016
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Distributes
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Tax on distributions
Ordinary income
Primary advisor
First Trust Advisors LP
Distributor
First Trust Portfolios LP
FAAR's active manager (First Trust Advisors) has broad leeway to execute the fund's long/short commodities strategy: the fund may go long or short any exchange-traded commodity futures contract, and take a net-long, net-short, or neutral stance. The fund may also hold cash and equivalents (including US Treasurys with up to five years to maturity), both as collateral for its futures investments and as a safe haven. FAAR doesn't own futures directly, but rather through its holdings in a Cayman Islands subsidiaryan arrangement that allows it to be structured as an open-ended fund under the 1940 Act, and avoid a K-1 at tax time.
Classification
Returns
| 1 month | 3 months | Year to date | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price performance | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NAV total return | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government64.21%
Corporate23.23%
Mutual fund6.25%
Agency6.25%
Cash0.05%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history