Barron’s best fund families of 2018 - FPA of Northeast ...

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First Trust Market Outlook and Opportunities

Paul Peterson and Bryan Ulmer

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Barron's best fund families of 2018

? FIRST TRUST RANKS #1 IN U.S. EQUITY FUNDS AND #6 OVERALL FOR ITS ONE-YEAR PERFORMANCE*

U.S. Equity Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6

Fund Family Overall Rank First Trust Advisors 1

MainStay Funds 2 Northern Trust Investments 3

Thrivent Financial 4 Virtus Investment Partners 5

Vanguard Group 6

Fund Family American Funds MainStay Funds

Eaton Vance Thrivent Financial

PIMCO First Trust Advisors

*Out of 57 fund families. To qualify for Barron's fund-family ranking, firms must offer a wide range of funds with a minimum track record of one year. This includes at least three mutual funds or ETFs in Lipper's general U.S. equity category, one in world equity, and one in mixed-asset, as well as two taxable bond funds and one tax-exempt bond fund. Rankings are based on a firm's funds within those respective categories. Each fund's performance is measured against all of the other funds in its Lipper category, with a percentile ranking of 100 being the highest and one the lowest. This result is then weighted by asset size, relative to the fund family's other assets in its general classification. The category weightings for the one-year results in 2018 were general equity, 34.8%; mixed asset, 21.3%; world equity, 17.1%; taxable bond, 22.4%; tax-exempt bond, 4.4%. The information presented is not intended to constitute an investment recommendation for, or advice to, any specific person. By providing this information, First Trust is not undertaking to give advice in any fiduciary capacity within the meaning of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code or any other regulatory framework. Financial advisors are responsible for evaluating investment risks independently and for exercising independent judgment in determining whether investments are appropriate for their clients.

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First Trust ETF Assets Under Management

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Trillions

$2.0 $1.5 $1.0 $0.5 $0.0 ($0.5) ($1.0) ($1.5)

Source: Morningstar Direct. Cumulative net flows from 4/2009 to 3/2019; Actively-Managed US Equity and Sector Equity Funds Broker/Advisor Use Only ? Not For Use With the Public

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US Equity ETFs

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2018 ? TAXING YEAR FOR EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS

Funds Making 2018 Capital Gain Distributions

Average

Type

# of Funds

Capital Gain

Size/Style Sector

2,010 259

10.90% 6.69%

Average 1-year Total Return

-7.74% -5.95%

Capital Gain Distributions for Equity Mutual Funds

7.4 14.5 % %

78.1%

International Total/Average

719 2,988

7.04% 9.61%

-13.85% -9.06%

2018

Prior to 2018

Never

Source: Morningstar database for the period ending 12/31/18. Oldest share class funds only. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. This example is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent any actual investment. There is no guarantee past trends will continue. The information presented is not intended to constitute an investment recommendation for, or advice to, any specific person. By providing this information, First Trust is not undertaking to give advice in any fiduciary capacity within the meaning of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. First Trust has no knowledge of and has not been provided any information regarding any investor. Financial advisors must determine whether particular investments are appropriate for their clients. First Trust believes the financial advisor is a fiduciary, is capable of evaluating investment risks independently and is responsible for exercising independent judgment with respect to its retirement plan clients.

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