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First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the ISE Cloud Computing Index.

FUND BASICS
Category	US Equities
Fund Sponsor	First Trust Advisors LP
Website	www.ftportfolios.com
Inception date	Jul 06, 2011
Assets (mns)	$2,202
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	60 bp
Distributions	Quarterly

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian	Bank of New York Mellon
Weighting	Tiered
Index replication	Full
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	Yes

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	61
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$184,021
Large cap (>$10bn)	60.3%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	29.9%
Small cap (<$2bn)	9.8%
Developed mkts	96.3%
Emerging mkts	3.7%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	41.3 %
VMWARE INC-CLASS A	5.0 %
ALPHABET INC. CLASS A	4.7 %
ORACLE CORP	4.7 %
CENTURYTEL INC	4.7 %
MICROSOFT CORP	4.6 %
AMAZON.COM INC	4.3 %
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD. SPONSOR	3.8 %
CITRIX SYSTEMS INC	3.4 %
CISCO SYSTEMS INC	3.0 %
MONGODB, INC. CLASS A	3.0 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	UNITED STATES	92.0 %
	CHINA	3.8 %
	CANADA	1.7 %
	GERMANY	1.7 %
	BRITAIN	0.8 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru October 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
19.2%	11.9%	16.5%	--	14.9%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	0.90	68%
MSCI EAFE	0.82	47%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.60	42%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$58.64
30d moving avg.	$57.11
Annualized volatility	13.2%
Short interest (ETF)	0.3%
Relative strength (RSI)	63

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	206
Turnover	0.6%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.05%
ADV underlying (mns)	$21,703

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the First Trust Cloud Computing ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with SKYY. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

SKYY

Expense:

60 bp

ALTAR Score™:

2.5%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH SKYY
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs SKYY (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs SKYY (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs SKYY (%)
TCLD	Tortoise Cloud Infrastructure Fund	48.9	40	20	5.1	+2.6
OGIG	O'Shares Global Internet Giants	34.7	48	12	1.6	-0.9
BKCH	AdvisorShares Sabretooth ETF	33.8	85	-25	0.0	-2.5
AIQ	Global X Future Analytics Tech	33.5	68	-8	4.7	+2.2
FNG	AdvisorShares New Tech & Media ETF	30.5	86	-26	1.9	-0.6
IETC	iShares Evolved U.S. Technology	28.8	18	42	4.8	+2.4
IGV	iShares N. American Tech-Software	28.6	46	14	3.2	+0.7
FDN	First Trust DJ Internet	26.9	52	8	3.4	+0.9
XNTK	SPDR NYSE Technology	26.9	35	25	5.5	+3.1
IGM	iShares S&P N. American Technology	26.6	46	14	4.6	+2.1
IYW	iShares US Technology	26.4	42	18	5.2	+2.7
JHMT	John Hancock Multifactor Technology	26.4	40	20	6.0	+3.6
CLOU	Global X Cloud Computing	25.1	68	-8	1.3	-1.2
XSW	SPDR S&P Software & Services	24.7	35	25	4.2	+1.8
PSJ	Invesco Dynamic Software	24.4	58	2	3.3	+0.9
GDAT	Goldman Sachs Motif Data-Driven World	24.0	50	10	5.7	+3.2
KOIN	Innovation Shares NextGen Protocol	23.1	95	-35	4.7	+2.3
LRGE	ClearBridge Large Cap Growth ESG	21.1	60	0	4.3	+1.9
FTEC	Fidelity MSCI Info Technology	20.5	8	52	5.4	+3.0
VGT	Vanguard Info Tech ETF	20.3	10	50	5.4	+2.9

¹Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

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OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
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Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	First Trust Cloud Computing
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

AVOID

Not worthwhile for most investors. A rating of AVOID is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the lowest quintile (the bottom 20%) of their category. Often, funds in this category consist of stocks with little if any history or expectation of profitability, and as a result our fundamentally-driven analysis may not be relevant.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	13.0	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	4.3	x
Less: Expense ratio	60	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	2.5	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.48	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.55

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.