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First Trust Balanced Income ETF (FTBI)
About this ETF
The First Trust Balanced Income ETF (referred to as "the Fund") is designed to mirror the price performance and income yield of the Bloomberg Moderate Allocation Income Focus Index (the "Index"), prior to accounting for the Fund's own fees and expenses. Under typical circumstances, the Fund commits a minimum of 80% of its total net assets (plus any capital acquired through borrowing for investment) to the various exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") that constitute the Index. Notably, the ETFs making up this Index are managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. ("First Trust"), which also serves as the investment advisor for the Fund itself.
Price
Top 10 holdings
| First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF FTHI | 20.10% |
| FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF TDVI | 10.21% |
| First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF FTQI | 10.14% |
| First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF FTCB | 6.93% |
| First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF FIXD | 6.93% |
| FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF RDVI | 4.98% |
| FT Vest Gold Strategy Target Income ETF® IGLD | 4.96% |
| FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF SDVD | 4.95% |
| FT Vest DJIA® Dogs 10 Target Income ETF DOGG | 4.94% |
| FT Vest S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF® KNG | 4.92% |
Sector mix
No sector breakdown available for this fund.
Price chart
Returns
| 1 month | +1.12% |
| 3 months | +1.60% |
| 6 months | +0.60% |
| Year to date | +1.74% |
| 1 year | +4.74% |
| 3 years (ann.) | — |
| 5 years (ann.) | — |
| 10 years (ann.) | — |
Risk profile
| Volatility (1y, ann.) | 7.66% |
| Sharpe (1y) | 0.64 |
| Sharpe (3y) | — |
| Sortino (1y) | 0.91 |
| Max drawdown (1y) | -6.40% |
| Max drawdown (5y) | — |
| Max drawdown (full) | -6.40% |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.53 |
| Correlation vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.88 |
Technical outlook as of 2026-07-13
The Monte Carlo cone is drawn on the price chart above (Forecast overlay); RSI, MACD and the rest of the oscillators live in its indicator panels.
Full holdings
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Geographic exposure
Cost vs. peers
Comparison universe: 256 funds of the same asset class.
Cost impact calculator
Dividend history
Distributing share class Income is paid out to shareholders.
| Ex-date | Payment | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | 2026-06-30 | USD 0.1388 |
| 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-29 | USD 0.1387 |
| 2026-04-21 | 2026-04-30 | USD 0.1393 |
| 2026-02-20 | 2026-02-27 | USD 0.1460 |
| 2026-01-21 | 2026-01-30 | USD 0.1450 |
| 2025-12-12 | 2025-12-31 | USD 0.1430 |
| 2025-11-21 | 2025-11-28 | USD 0.1276 |
| 2025-10-21 | 2025-10-31 | USD 0.1280 |
| 2025-09-25 | 2025-09-30 | USD 0.1237 |
| 2025-08-21 | 2025-08-29 | USD 0.1240 |
| 2025-07-22 | 2025-07-31 | USD 0.1210 |
| 2025-06-26 | 2025-06-27 | USD 0.1180 |
ESG profile
No ESG estimate available: none of the scored universe overlaps this portfolio (typical for bond, commodity or synthetic funds).
Scored coverage: 0.0% of the portfolio by weight.
Similar ETFs
| Fund | TER | AUM (USD) | Yield (TTM) | Return 1y | Sharpe 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Core Equity ETF Portfolio XEQT.TO | 0.20% | 14.36B | 1.60% | +25.31% | 1.89 |
| Vanguard All-Equity ETF Portfolio VEQT.TO | 0.22% | 11.06B | 1.24% | +26.33% | 1.94 |
| FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF BUFR | 0.95% | 10.09B | — | +14.32% | 2.06 |
| Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio VGRO.TO | 0.22% | 7.42B | 1.75% | +20.49% | 1.87 |
| Capital Group Core Balanced ETF CGBL | 0.33% | 7.08B | 1.88% | +10.67% | 1.04 |
| Eaton Vance Total Return Bond ETF EVTR | 0.32% | 5.61B | 4.72% | -0.81% | -0.18 |
| iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF IALT | 0.99% | 5.00B | 0.40% | — | — |
| VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF EMLC | 0.30% | 4.80B | 6.27% | +0.79% | 0.14 |
| VanEck High Yield Muni ETF HYD | 0.32% | 4.51B | 4.32% | +2.55% | 0.65 |
| Vanguard Balanced ETF Portfolio VBAL.TO | 0.22% | 4.00B | 2.11% | +14.75% | 1.67 |
Cheaper alternatives
No fund of the class reaches 60% portfolio overlap — showing the cheapest funds of the class instead.
| Fund | TER | AUM (USD) | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF KNG | 0.74% | 3.40B | 0.1% |
| FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF RDVI | 0.75% | 3.49B | 0.1% |
| FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - May FMAY | 0.85% | 1.41B | 0.1% |
| FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - February FFEB | 0.85% | 1.38B | 0.1% |
| FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - January FJAN | 0.85% | 1.43B | 0.1% |
