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About First Trust Balanced Income ETF
Home page
ftportfolios.com/Retail/Etf/EtfSummary.aspx?Ticker=FTBI
Inception date
May 28, 2025
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
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
ISIN
US33738R5717
FTBI is a passively managed fund-of-funds that allocates to income-generating ETFs across three asset classes: equity, fixed income, and commodity. The index includes ETFs advised by First Trust with assets under management of at least $50 million. The equity allocation consists of growth, value, and core funds that seek to generate income using either a buy-write or a target income strategy. The fixed income allocation includes funds that invest in investment grade bonds of any maturity issued by US and non-US governments and corporations. Lastly, the funds commodity allocation seeks to provide a level of income tied to the annual yield of one-month US Treasury securities through FLEX Options that reference an exchange-traded product that invests directly in gold. The fund allocates 60% to equity, 35% to fixed income, and 5% to commodities while equally weighting the underlying funds in each asset class. The index reconstitutes and rebalances semi-annually.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
ETF
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
ETF99.91%
Cash0.09%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
FTBI top holdings are First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF, occupying 19.97% and 10.24% of the portfolio correspondingly.
FTBI last dividends amounted to 0.12 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.12 USD in dividends, which shows a 0.16% decrease.
FTBI assets under management is 9.49 M USD. It's risen 12.81% over the last month.
FTBI fund flows account for 9.29 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, FTBI pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 6.85%. The last dividend (Sep 30, 2025) amounted to 0.12 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
FTBI shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC under the brand First Trust. The ETF was launched on May 28, 2025, and its management style is Passive.
FTBI expense ratio is 0.97% meaning you'd have to pay 0.97% of your investment to help manage the fund.
FTBI follows the Bloomberg Moderate Allocation Income Focus Index - Benchmark TR Gross. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
FTBI invests in funds.
FTBI trades at a premium (0.05%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.