LALT vs. PCEF ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF (LALT) to PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio (PCEF)
LALT

First Trust Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF

LALT Description

The investment seeks a positive total return that has a low correlation to the broader securities markets. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of equity securities, financial futures contracts, forward currency contracts and other securities. The sub-adviser selects investments for inclusion in the fund's portfolio with reference to the components of the Morgan Stanley Multi-Strategy Alternative Index (the Benchmark) through a quantitative process that seeks to exceed the Benchmark's performance.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$21.19

Average Daily Volume

2,638

Number of Holdings *

8

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
PCEF

PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio

PCEF Description The PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio (Fund) is based on the S-Network Composite Closed-End Fund IndexSM (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities of funds included in the Index. The Fund is a "fund of funds," as it invests its assets in the common shares of funds included in the Index rather than in individual securities. The Index currently includes closed-end funds that invest in taxable investment grade fixed-income securities, taxable high yield fixed-income securities and others utilize an equity option writing (selling) strategy. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$19.43

Average Daily Volume

106,870

Number of Holdings *

103

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period LALT PCEF
30 Days 0.36% 0.19%
60 Days 1.24% 1.12%
90 Days 1.30% 3.33%
12 Months 7.46% 22.51%
0 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in LALT Weight in PCEF Overlap
LALT Overweight 8 Positions Relative to PCEF
Symbol Grade Weight
FTLS A 22.09%
FMF C 21.75%
FAAR F 21.36%
UCON D 12.24%
IAU C 7.75%
FTHI B 5.1%
MARB F 4.94%
IEF F 4.73%
LALT Underweight 103 Positions Relative to PCEF
Symbol Grade Weight
EXG B -4.37%
BIGZ A -3.13%
BMEZ D -2.98%
JPC A -2.95%
BSTZ A -2.87%
ETY A -2.8%
BDJ B -2.68%
BCAT A -2.49%
BXMX A -2.45%
ETV A -2.44%
NFJ A -2.33%
QQQX B -2.18%
BST B -1.91%
JFR A -1.76%
ETW B -1.73%
EVV D -1.68%
BTZ D -1.5%
EOS A -1.44%
CII B -1.43%
FPF C -1.33%
HTD A -1.32%
PDO C -1.32%
HYT A -1.27%
BOE A -1.24%
HFRO F -1.21%
FFC D -1.2%
BBN D -1.17%
DSL C -1.16%
AWF C -1.08%
DIAX A -1.04%
WIW D -1.0%
BGY C -0.99%
EOI A -0.97%
JQC A -0.92%
ETJ B -0.91%
LDP D -0.88%
EMD C -0.84%
BME D -0.83%
PDT C -0.73%
IGD A -0.71%
PHK C -0.68%
NPFD A -0.68%
BGR A -0.67%
DFP D -0.66%
ETB A -0.64%
PCN A -0.61%
EAD C -0.59%
BIT D -0.57%
HIO B -0.55%
NBB D -0.55%
PFN A -0.55%
BUI D -0.54%
ISD C -0.53%
BLW C -0.52%
VVR D -0.51%
FRA B -0.5%
BHK C -0.5%
EDD D -0.5%
FFA A -0.49%
PPT D -0.49%
STK A -0.48%
HIX A -0.47%
SPXX B -0.47%
BGH B -0.46%
JGH B -0.45%
DSU A -0.45%
ERC C -0.41%
EOD C -0.4%
MCR C -0.4%
HPS D -0.4%
MMT C -0.39%
EFR A -0.39%
FTF C -0.39%
FCT A -0.39%
MCI B -0.39%
HPI D -0.38%
TEI D -0.37%
EFT A -0.36%
MIN D -0.36%
PSF D -0.35%
GBAB F -0.34%
PHT C -0.34%
PCF B -0.33%
DHY B -0.32%
HPF D -0.32%
DHF A -0.31%
FLC D -0.29%
PFL C -0.29%
IDE A -0.28%
BGT B -0.27%
DBL D -0.24%
TSI D -0.24%
IGA A -0.24%
HEQ C -0.24%
BGX A -0.19%
HYB B -0.19%
NHS D -0.18%
EHI C -0.18%
VBF D -0.18%
MSD C -0.17%
EVG D -0.15%
CIK C -0.14%
PHD A -0.14%
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