FTRI ETF

The First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF focuses on companies in the upstream sector of natural resources, holding 48 high-yielding stocks across different industries within the sector. Investing in natural resources can provide protection against inflation, capitalize on growth in emerging markets, and improve portfolio diversification.

First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF focuses on high dividend-yielding natural resources producing companies in various categories. Investing in natural resources can act as an inflation hedge and provide superior risk-adjusted returns compared to other inflation hedges. Global natural resource producers can benefit from the growth in emerging economies, but there are risks such as commodity volatility and natural disasters.

First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF features a 6% yield and has almost 80% of its asset value in energy and materials. About 43% of asset value is in the U.S. and Canada, and about 65% is in developed countries. FTRI offers global exposure to commodities without the risk of decay due to roll yields in futures-based ETFs. However, it is quite volatile.