FTCB yields 5.16% · ARCC yields 10.82%● Live data
📍 FTCB pulled ahead of the other in Year 3
Combined, FTCB + ARCC cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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The First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF (the "Fund") seeks to maximize long-term total return. Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to invest 100% of its Investment Portfolio in investment grade securities. Investment grade securities are those securities that are, at the time of purchase, rated as investment grade (i.e., rated Baa3/BBB- or above) by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization ("NRSRO") rating such securities, or if unrated, debt securities determined by the Fund's investment advisor to be of comparable quality. The Fund's Investment Portfolio includes only investment grade securities purchased by the Fund's portfolio managers (the "Investment Portfolio") and does not include uninvested cash or any other Fund asset unconnected to the Fund's intended portfolio, including, but not limited to, accounts receivable or assets received as part of an issuer workout.
Full FTCB Calculator →Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The fund typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The fund invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The fund also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The fund prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies.
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