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First Trust·25 of 333 funds·12% of First Trust’s moneyIn the market’s Bonds & Cash bucket: 927 ETFs · $2.64T · +0.7% YTD

Data as of Nov 5, 2026 · a scoreboard, not advice

1Y record: 19–6
Made money: 76%
Assets: $34.8B
Share of Bonds: 1%

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First Trust’s Total Bond Funds

25 funds · 76% made money new: under a year old

First Trust bond ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 5, 2026 · one tile per fund, largest first

First Trust in Bonds & Cash

Today

First Trust $34.8BEveryone else $2.60T

First Trust holds 1% of Bonds & Cash AUM

First Trust ETFs · current holdings · as of Nov 5, 2026

First Trust’s Bond Funds vs AUM

Today

3%of the funds1%of the AUM

Bond ETFsFundsAUM

First Trust25 · 3%$34.8B · 1%

Everyone else902 · 97%$2.60T · 99%

Bonds & Cash ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 5, 2026 · 927 funds

Top 10 First Trust Bond ETFs

Today

$30.7B of $34.8B

#FundAUM ▼1YFee

1FTSMEnhanced Short Maturity$6.8B+3.7%$0.29

2LMBSLow Duration Opportunities$6.6B+2.4%$0.66

3UCONSmith Unconstrained Bond$3.1B+0.3%$0.86

4FIXDSmith Opportunistic Fixed Income$2.8B−0.8%$0.65

5FTCBCore Investment Grade$2.8B−0.1%$0.56

6FTSLSenior Loan$2.5B+3.7%$0.70

7FMBManaged Municipal$1.9B+0.6%$0.39

8HYLSTactical High Yield$1.6B+2.0%$0.69

9FSIGLimited Duration Investment Grade Corporate$1.5B+1.7%$0.44

10FMHIMunicipal High Income$1.1B+1.3%$0.49

First Trust bond ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 5, 2026 · fee per $100 a year

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FTSM vs BND

YTD

FTSM

First Trust · $6.8B

+2.9%

BND

Vanguard · $161B

−0.1%

+3.7%Past year+0.3%

$6.8BAssets$161B

End-of-day Nov 5, 2026

FTSL vs FTSM

FTSL

First Trust · $2.5B

+3.7%

FTSM

First Trust · $6.8B

+3.7%

+2.5%Year to date+2.9%

0.70%Fee0.29%

End-of-day Nov 5, 2026

FTSM vs FIXD

FTSM

First Trust · $6.8B

+3.7%

FIXD

First Trust · $2.8B

−0.8%

+2.9%Year to date−1.3%

$6.8BAssets$2.8B

End-of-day Nov 5, 2026

RDVY vs FTSM

RDVY

First Trust · $25.7B

+21.6%

FTSM

First Trust · $6.8B

+3.7%

+17.5%Year to date+2.9%

0.8%Yield4.1%

End-of-day Nov 5, 2026

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First Trust’s Bond ETF Record

19–6made money · lost
of 25 with a full year

76%all ETFs 78%

Each bar is one fund · 1Y return

Typical +0.9%FTSL +3.7%LTTI −4.6%

6 lost19 made money

First Trust bond ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 5, 2026

First Trust’s Bond ETF Fees

Today

$0.55per $100 a year, typical

Funds at each fee · per $100 a year

0.10

0.29

0.34

0.39

0.44

0.49

0.50

0.56

0.65

0.66

0.69

0.70

0.85

0.86

2 funds at $0.29$7.1B · 20% of the money

First Trust bond ETFs · current fees · as of Nov 5, 2026

First Trust’s Bond ETF Yields

Today

FundYield ▼On $10K1Y

HYLSTactical High Yield6.8%$679/yr+2.0%

FTSLSenior Loan6.3%$626/yr+3.7%

FTCBCore Investment Grade5.5%$548/yr−0.1%

FIIGIntermediate Duration Investment Grade Corporate5.1%$514/yr+0.0%

FSIGLimited Duration Investment Grade Corporate4.9%$488/yr+1.7%

FIXDSmith Opportunistic Fixed Income4.8%$482/yr−0.8%

UCONSmith Unconstrained Bond4.8%$477/yr+0.3%

First Trust bond ETFs · trailing yield · as of Nov 5, 2026

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Largest ETFs in Each Bond Type

YTD

Bond TypeFunds3 biggestMoneyAssetsYTD

Core aggregate91BND · AGG · IUSB$585B−0.1%

Treasuries122TLT · IEF · GOVT$473B−0.3%

Corporate169VCIT · VCSH · JAAA$396B+0.6%

Cash & T-bills29SGOV · BIL · SHV$281B+3.1%

Municipal166MUB · VTEB · SUB$244B+0.4%

Ultra-short56JPST · PULS · MINT$152B+2.9%

International48BNDX · EMB · IAGG$147B+0.7%

High yield109USHY · HYG · SPHY$137B+1.5%

Other bonds92PYLD · FLOT · JBND$109B+1.8%

Mortgage25MBB · VMBS · SPMB$89.0B−0.1%

Short-term20DFSD · NEAR · VNLA$26.0B+1.6%

Bold First Trust fund among the bond type’s 3 biggestWhole bond typeYTD asset-weighted

Bonds & Cash ETFs · year-to-date returns, asset-weighted · as of Nov 5, 2026

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