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First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF (FTCB)

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Price: $20.24; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $2.6B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.56%; Category 0.54%
Yield: 5.07%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -0.7%-0.4%; Category -0.3%
3Y CAGR: —; Category 4.1%
5Y CAGR: —; Category -0.5%

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First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-1.3%	-2.0%	-1.3%	-1.5%	-0.7%	—	—	—	+5.2%
Intermediate Core Bond average	-1.2%	-1.7%	-1.1%	-1.1%	-0.3%	4.1%	-0.5%	1.3%	1.6%
Difference	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.2%	-0.4%	-0.4%	—	—	—	+3.6%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 1.4% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
MISXX	Morgan Stanley Instl Lqudty Trs Instl	1.35%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government32.5%
AAA73.5%
AA3.6%
A6.0%
BBB16.9%

Asset mix

Bonds97.5%
Cash2.5%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Fixed Income · Intermediate Core Bond
Ticker: FTCB
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 7 Nov 2023 (2.8 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.56% (category 0.54%)
Holdings turnover: 183% (category 124%)
Distribution yield: 5.07%
Beta, 3 years: 0.00
Total net assets: $2.6B
Average duration: 4.49 years
Average maturity: 9.05 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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