ETFdb Realtime Rating & Analyst Report for JFT

JFT is a passive ETN that seeks to replicate the First Trust Enhanced 130/30 Large Cap Index. The Index is a modified equal-weighted total return index consisting of securities that have been selected from a broad universe of the 2,500 largest U.S. exchange-listed stocks pursuant to a quantitative selection process.

ETFdb Category Expense Ratio Inception Date Issuer Structure YTD Return *
Long-Short 0.95% 2008-05-21 First Trust ETN -1.83%

* As of 05-24-2012

JFT Realtime Rating: By Metric

Metric Metric Realtime Rating A+ Metric Rated ETF
Liquidity C+
Expenses C+
Performance ETFdb Pro Members Only
Volatility ETFdb Pro Members Only
Dividend ETFdb Pro Members Only
Concentration ETFdb Pro Members Only

The first adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for JFT on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, and concentration of holdings. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Long-Short ETFdb Category with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field.

JFT Realtime Rating: Overall

ETFdb Rating Type Overall Rating A+ Overall Rated ETF
Realtime Rating (Overall) ETFdb Pro Members Only ETFdb Pro Members Only

The second table shows the overall Realtime Rating for JFT, as well as the A+ Overall Rated ETF in JFT's Category. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.

ETFdb Analyst Report for JFT

This fund provides exposure to a '130/30' strategy offering investors the chance to bring hedge fund-like techniques to their individual portfolios. 130/30 strategies take investors cash, invest it 'long' in securities and then sell short another 30% of the portfolio and buy more securities long...

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