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UCONFirst TrustACTIVE

FIRST TRUST TCW UNCONSTRAINED PLUS BOND ETF

$23.99+0.17% vs prior close
242552-WK

Price through Oct 27, 2026 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 27, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 27, 2026.

The investment objective of the First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF is to seek to maximize long-term total return. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in a portfolio of fixed income securities. The Fund's investment sub-advisor, TCW Investment Management Company LLC ("TCW" or the "Sub-Advisor"), manages the Fund's portfolio in an "unconstrained" manner, meaning that its investment universe is not limited to the securities of any particular index and it has discretion to invest in fixed income securities of any type or credit quality, including up to 70% of its net assets in high yield (or "junk") securities, up to 60% of its net assets in securities issued by issuers with significant ties to emerging market countries and up to 50% of its net assets in securities denominated in non-U.S. currencies. Additionally, under normal market conditions, the Fund's average portfolio duration will vary from between 0 to 10 years. Duration is a measure of the expected price volatility of a fixed income security as a result of changes in market rates of interest.

UCON price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateUCON close
Sep 28, 2026$23.89
Sep 29, 2026$23.83
Sep 30, 2026$23.75
Oct 1, 2026$23.75
Oct 2, 2026$23.78
Oct 5, 2026$23.76
Oct 6, 2026$23.83
Oct 7, 2026$23.82
Oct 8, 2026$23.86
Oct 9, 2026$23.85
Oct 12, 2026$23.85
Oct 13, 2026$23.84
Oct 14, 2026$23.82
Oct 15, 2026$23.93
Oct 16, 2026$23.91
Oct 19, 2026$23.88
Oct 20, 2026$23.88
Oct 21, 2026$23.81
Oct 22, 2026$23.93
Oct 23, 2026$23.91
Oct 26, 2026$23.95
Oct 27, 2026$23.99

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -4.7% so far this year. At 0.85% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG has a reported fee of 0.03%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$2.9Bassets under management
0.85%expense ratio · $85 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
897Kavg daily volume, 30 days
38holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 23, 2023 · beta 0.12

Sector weights

  • Cash & Others100%
  • Other100%
  • Securitized53.65%
  • Government21.39%
  • Corporate20.31%
  • Cash2.59%
  • Miscellaneous1.58%
  • Municipal0.23%
  • Finance0.11%
  • Loans0.09%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Cash & Others100%
Other100%
Securitized53.65%
Government21.39%
Corporate20.31%
Cash2.59%
Miscellaneous1.58%
Municipal0.23%
Finance0.11%
Loans0.09%

Country weights

  • China100%
  • Other100%
  • United States100%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
China100%
Other100%
United States100%
Performance
1 week+0.8%
1 month+0.2%
3 months-2.4%
6 months-3.8%
YTD-4.7%
1 year-5.3%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
3%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.4%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

The case against UCON

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat UCON on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.4B+$489M-82bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B-80bp on fee · 43× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$47M-81bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$47M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-81bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$48B+$2B-80bp on fee · 17× the assets · +$2B in over the monthHead-to-head
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