LALT vs. SMHB ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII First Trust Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF (LALT) to ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Small Cap High Dividend ETN Series B (SMHB)
LALT

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII 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

$20.34

Average Daily Volume

5,905

Number of Holdings *

8

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

ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Small Cap High Dividend ETN Series B

SMHB Description The investment seeks to provide a two times leveraged return linked to the compounded monthly performance of the Solactive US Small Cap High Dividend Index (the “index”). The index is designed to measure the performance of 100 relatively small capitalization, dividend yielding index constituent securities selected from a universe of qualifying U.S. listed equity securities. The Securities are two times leveraged with respect to the index and, as a result, will benefit from two times any beneficial, but will be exposed to two times any adverse, compounded monthly performance of the index.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$6.14

Average Daily Volume

38,012

Number of Holdings *

91

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period LALT SMHB
30 Days -2.42% -1.01%
60 Days -0.36% 4.63%
90 Days 1.43% 4.70%
12 Months 4.79% 74.54%
0 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in LALT Weight in SMHB Overlap
LALT Overweight 8 Positions Relative to SMHB
Symbol Grade Weight
FAAR C 21.43%
FMF D 21.29%
FTLS C 17.44%
UCON A 12.42%
MARB F 11.92%
IAU B 5.0%
FTGC C 4.99%
IEF C 4.97%
LALT Underweight 91 Positions Relative to SMHB
Symbol Grade Weight
SLG B -4.87%
XRX F -4.09%
DTM B -3.81%
BXMT F -3.43%
DSS F -2.87%
TWO A -2.87%
CIM D -2.62%
ETRN A -2.49%
BDN B -2.41%
BGS B -2.41%
SBRA B -2.38%
EPR D -2.34%
ABR C -2.21%
APAM D -2.02%
PAGP B -1.88%
UNIT F -1.86%
UWMC C -1.84%
ARR C -1.65%
NHI A -1.64%
ORC B -1.51%
CCOI F -1.51%
PSEC F -1.47%
IVR C -1.43%
DEA C -1.35%
PMT A -1.35%
MFA B -1.27%
RWT D -1.24%
CTRE B -1.16%
PETS F -1.13%
MAIN A -1.09%
HTGC A -1.03%
ARI F -1.02%
GNL D -1.01%
FCPT C -1.0%
EFC C -1.0%
PDM B -0.99%
GSBD A -0.94%
NEWT D -0.94%
NYMT F -0.93%
LTC A -0.91%
DX C -0.89%
KREF F -0.8%
VGR F -0.79%
NWBI C -0.77%
GBDC A -0.73%
CODI D -0.72%
VNOM C -0.65%
SCS D -0.65%
RC C -0.65%
ACRE D -0.64%
LADR A -0.62%
TSLX B -0.62%
HESM C -0.59%
UVV B -0.54%
OCSL C -0.54%
AROC B -0.53%
GMRE D -0.5%
ILPT C -0.49%
BRSP F -0.49%
WSR D -0.46%
ALX C -0.45%
GTY C -0.44%
OPI C -0.4%
RMR B -0.38%
NMFC A -0.38%
UHT D -0.36%
GPMT D -0.34%
CSWC A -0.34%
GOOD A -0.33%
FSP F -0.29%
TRTX A -0.29%
TCPC D -0.27%
AHH C -0.27%
CGBD A -0.25%
BCSF A -0.24%
TPVG F -0.23%
PFLT B -0.23%
SLRC A -0.23%
UVE B -0.22%
BBDC A -0.22%
KRO A -0.2%
EBF D -0.18%
GAIN A -0.17%
PNNT B -0.16%
OLP A -0.16%
FDUS B -0.16%
GLAD A -0.15%
BFS F -0.14%
TRIN B -0.12%
CCAP A -0.1%
REPX F -0.07%
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