Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Sells 17,354 Shares of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF $FIXD

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC reduced its position in shares of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (NASDAQ:FIXD) by 32.2% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 36,556 shares of the company’s stock after selling 17,354 shares during the quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF were worth $1,624,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in FIXD. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 105.9% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,828,195 shares of the company’s stock valued at $124,105,000 after acquiring an additional 1,454,463 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its position in shares of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 5.0% in the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,270,157 shares of the company’s stock valued at $100,840,000 after purchasing an additional 108,814 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 1.5% in the third quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 1,281,747 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,935,000 after acquiring an additional 19,175 shares during the period. Commonwealth Financial Services LLC boosted its stake in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 1.2% during the third quarter. Commonwealth Financial Services LLC now owns 715,827 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,797,000 after buying an additional 8,421 shares during the period. Finally, Great Lakes Retirement Inc. increased its holdings in shares of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Great Lakes Retirement Inc. now owns 594,414 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,089,000 after buying an additional 3,961 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Price Performance

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF stock opened at $44.79 on Friday. First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF has a twelve month low of $41.16 and a twelve month high of $45.15. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $44.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $44.37.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 21st were paid a dividend of $0.165 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, January 21st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.4%.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Company Profile

The First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond index. The fund is an actively managed, broad-based, and broad-maturity bond fund that aims for a weighted average duration within 1 year of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index. The fund may hold derivatives. FIXD was launched on Feb 14, 2017 and is managed by First Trust.