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The First Trust Target Date Fund 2040 is available for investment by eligible qualified retirement plan trusts only.
Investment Objective
The First Trust Target Date Fund 2040 is designed for an investor looking to retire in 2040. Since the investor has the luxury of time, this portfolio will initially have more exposure to equities, potentially creating higher returns (but with more risk). As the investor gets closer to retirement, the fund will lessen its exposure to equities and ramp up fixed-income exposure. Return potential will decrease, but so will risk. This fund seeks an above-average total return through an optimized portfolio diversified across multiple asset classes.
Fund Facts
Inception Date: April, 2010
CUSIP: 41023Q679
Share Class: R1
Expense Ratio: 0.85%
 
Current Price
Number of Stocks: 219
NAV: $13.3300
Price Date: 5/17/2013

 Holdings (as of 05/17/2013)  
NameSymbolWeighting
 iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund EEM 8.84%
 iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund ICF 4.16%
 iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust GSG 3.64%
 iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund EMB 1.92%
 SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF JNK 1.91%
 iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bond Fund CIU 1.89%
 iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund TIP 1.86%
 SPDR Barclays International Treasury Bond ETF BWX 1.86%
 Hitachi, Ltd. (ADR) HTHIY 0.69%
 Toyota Motor Corporation (ADR) TM 0.66%
 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (ADR) NTT 0.64%
 KOMATSU LTD. (ADR) KMTUY 0.63%
 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (ADR) SMFG 0.61%
 Accenture Plc ACN 0.58%
 Volkswagen AG (ADR) VLKAY 0.58%
 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (ADR) HMC 0.57%
 NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (ADR) DCM 0.57%
 Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR) NVO 0.56%
 Sanofi (ADR) SNY 0.56%
 TELUS Corporation TU 0.56%
 Novartis AG (ADR) NVS 0.55%
 ACE Limited ACE 0.55%
 AstraZeneca Plc (ADR) AZN 0.55%
 Canadian National Railway Company CNI 0.55%
 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (ADR) RDS/A 0.55%
 Canon Inc. (ADR) CAJ 0.54%
 BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) BHP 0.53%
 SAP AG (ADR) SAP 0.53%
 Syngenta AG (ADR) SYT 0.52%
 Bank of Nova Scotia BNS 0.52%
 Bank of Montreal BMO 0.51%
 Covidien Plc COV 0.51%
 L.M. Ericsson AB (ADR) ERIC 0.50%
 Imperial Oil Limited IMO 0.50%
 Western Digital Corporation WDC 0.49%
 Rogers Communications, Inc. (Class B) RCI 0.49%
 W.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW 0.48%
 Whole Foods Market, Inc. WFM 0.48%
 StatoilHydro ASA (ADR) STO 0.48%
 The Gap, Inc. GPS 0.47%
 American International Group, Inc. AIG 0.47%
 Humana Inc. HUM 0.47%
 Aetna Inc. AET 0.47%
 Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC 0.47%
 WellPoint, Inc. WLP 0.47%
 Union Pacific Corporation UNP 0.46%
 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO 0.46%
 Raytheon Company RTN 0.46%
 Yahoo! Inc. YHOO 0.46%
 Viacom Inc. (Class B) VIAB 0.46%
 UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH 0.45%
 The Home Depot, Inc. HD 0.45%
 Intel Corporation INTC 0.45%
 The TJX Companies, Inc. TJX 0.45%
 General Dynamics Corporation GD 0.45%
 Oracle Corporation ORCL 0.44%
 Mylan, Inc. MYL 0.44%
 The Sherwin–Williams Company SHW 0.44%
 McKesson Corporation MCK 0.44%
 CVS Caremark Corporation CVS 0.44%
 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) BRK/B 0.44%
 Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. MMC 0.44%
 Celgene Corporation CELG 0.44%
 Liberty Media Corp - Class A LMCA 0.44%
 DTE Energy Company DTE 0.43%
 Kimberly–Clark Corporation KMB 0.43%
 Stryker Corporation SYK 0.43%
 Campbell Soup Company CPB 0.43%
 Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY 0.43%
 DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. DVA 0.43%
 Ross Stores, Inc. ROST 0.43%
 CME Group Inc. CME 0.43%
 Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM 0.42%
 Abbott Laboratories ABT 0.42%
 Walgreen Co. WAG 0.42%
 Wal–Mart Stores, Inc. WMT 0.42%
 Costco Wholesale Corporation COST 0.42%
 Fiserv, Inc. FISV 0.42%
 The Chubb Corporation CB 0.42%
 Chevron Corporation CVX 0.42%
 Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. GMCR 0.42%
 Xcel Energy, Inc. XEL 0.41%
 FedEx Corporation FDX 0.41%
 Danaher Corporation DHR 0.41%
 General Mills, Inc. GIS 0.41%
 International Business Machines Corporation IBM 0.41%
 The Allstate Corporation ALL 0.41%
 Murphy Oil Corporation MUR 0.41%
 Cummins Inc. CMI 0.41%
 The Travelers Companies, Inc. TRV 0.41%
 Activision Blizzard, Inc. ATVI 0.41%
 Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM 0.41%
 Goldcorp, Inc. GG 0.41%
 Eli Lilly and Company LLY 0.40%
 Fastenal Company FAST 0.40%
 Apple Inc. AAPL 0.39%
 CF Industries Holdings, Inc. CF 0.39%
 Intuit Inc. INTU 0.38%
 Chico’s FAS, Inc. CHS 0.35%
 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation CTSH 0.35%
 Seaboard Corporation SEB 0.35%
 TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. TRW 0.35%
 United Natural Foods, Inc. UNFI 0.34%
 Copart, Inc. CPRT 0.34%
 Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. FIS 0.34%
 PetSmart, Inc. PETM 0.34%
 PriceSmart, Inc. PSMT 0.34%
 United Therapeutics Corporation UTHR 0.34%
 Delta Air Lines, Inc. DAL 0.34%
 Lear Corporation LEA 0.34%
 Barrick Gold Corporation ABX 0.33%
 Teradyne, Inc. TER 0.33%
 Helmerich & Payne, Inc. HP 0.33%
 Family Dollar Stores, Inc. FDO 0.33%
 Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ODFL 0.33%
 Erie Indemnity Co. ERIE 0.33%
 Hormel Foods Corporation HRL 0.32%
 Southwest Airlines Co. LUV 0.32%
 LSI Corporation LSI 0.32%
 Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. JKHY 0.32%
 The Cooper Companies, Inc. COO 0.32%
 ResMed Inc. RMD 0.32%
 Tractor Supply Company TSCO 0.32%
 FactSet Research Systems Inc. FDS 0.32%
 L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. LLL 0.32%
 AmerisourceBergen Corporation ABC 0.32%
 ProAssurance Corporation PRA 0.32%
 Tesoro Corporation TSO 0.32%
 HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. HCC 0.32%
 Vectren Corporation VVC 0.31%
 Valmont Industries, Inc. VMI 0.31%
 Alaska Air Group, Inc. ALK 0.31%
 World Fuel Services Corporation INT 0.31%
 MEDNAX, Inc. MD 0.31%
 Dollar Tree, Inc. DLTR 0.31%
 Henry Schein, Inc. HSIC 0.31%
 Carlisle Companies Incorporated CSL 0.31%
 American Financial Group, Inc. AFG 0.31%
 Alleghany Corporation Y 0.31%
 Advance Auto Parts, Inc. AAP 0.31%
 Fidelity National Financial, Inc. FNF 0.31%
 Dolby Laboratories Inc. DLB 0.31%
 EchoStar Corporation (Class A) SATS 0.31%
 Tyson Foods, Inc. (Class A) TSN 0.30%
 The Washington Post Company (Class B) WPO 0.30%
 The Timken Company TKR 0.30%
 Church & Dwight Co., Inc. CHD 0.30%
 Rollins, Inc. ROL 0.30%
 Hatteras Financial Corp. HTS 0.30%
 Patterson–UTI Energy, Inc. PTEN 0.29%
 Ingram Micro Inc. IM 0.29%
 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. CHRW 0.29%
 Varian Medical Systems, Inc. VAR 0.29%
 HollyFrontier Corporation HFC 0.29%
 Sirona Dental Systems Inc. SIRO 0.29%
 AOL, Inc. AOL 0.29%
 Western Refining, Inc. WNR 0.28%
 Commvault Systems, Inc. CVLT 0.28%
 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (Class A) NUS 0.25%
 Sanmina Corporation SANM 0.22%
 Euronet Worldwide, Inc. EEFT 0.22%
 MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. MKTX 0.22%
 Dorman Products, Inc. DORM 0.22%
 Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. SWM 0.21%
 Mercury General Corporation MCY 0.21%
 American National Insurance Company ANAT 0.20%
 The Buckle, Inc. BKE 0.20%
 Orbital Sciences Corporation ORB 0.20%
 First Financial Bankshares, Inc. FFIN 0.20%
 US Airways Group, Inc. LCC 0.20%
 Scholastic Corporation SCHL 0.20%
 Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. QCOR 0.20%
 CACI International Inc. CACI 0.20%
 FEI Company FEIC 0.20%
 Cubic Corporation CUB 0.20%
 Thor Industries, Inc. THO 0.20%
 Iconix Brand Group, Inc. ICON 0.20%
 Sensient Technologies Corporation SXT 0.19%
 Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. VSH 0.19%
 UniFirst Corporation UNF 0.19%
 Tech Data Corporation TECD 0.19%
 Weis Markets, Inc. WMK 0.19%
 Alliant Techsystems Inc. ATK 0.19%
 Papa John's International, Inc. PZZA 0.19%
 Portland General Electric Company POR 0.19%
 Magellan Health Services, Inc. MGLN 0.19%
 Graphic Packaging Holding Company GPK 0.19%
 Werner Enterprises, Inc. WERN 0.18%
 IDACORP, Inc. IDA 0.18%
 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company CTB 0.18%
 OfficeMax Inc. OMX 0.18%
 Mentor Graphics Corporation MENT 0.18%
 Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. AIT 0.18%
 PNM Resources Inc. PNM 0.18%
 InterDigital, Inc. IDCC 0.18%
 ABM Industries Incorporated ABM 0.18%
 ManTech International Corporation MANT 0.18%
 Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. BECN 0.18%
 First Citizens BancShares, Inc. FCNCA 0.18%
 SYNNEX Corporation SNX 0.18%
 Kronos Worldwide, Inc. KRO 0.18%
 CYS Investments Inc. CYS 0.18%
 Aaron's, Inc. AAN 0.18%
 Rent-A-Center, Inc. RCII 0.17%
 Tetra Tech, Inc. TTEK 0.17%
 MAXIMUS, Inc. MMS 0.17%
 LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. LPNT 0.17%
 DeVry, Inc. DV 0.17%
 JetBlue Airways Corporation JBLU 0.17%
 Delek US Holdings, Inc. DK 0.17%
 Cash America International, Inc. CSH 0.16%
 EZCORP, Inc. EZPW 0.16%
 Healthcare Services Group, Inc. HCSG 0.16%
 AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. AFSI 0.16%
 Chemed Corporation CHE 0.15%
 Thoratec Corporation THOR 0.15%
 MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. MWIV 0.15%
 CARBO Ceramics Inc. CRR 0.14%
 Starz - Liberty Capital (Series A) STRZA 0.05%
 
 Cash 1.26%
Total Number of Holdings:    219
Underlying Securities information represented above is as of 05/17/2013 but will vary with future fluctuations in the market.
 
 

What are the Risks of Investing in the Fund?:

The Fund is not a mutual fund and its units are not deposits of the Trust or the Advisor, and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other agency. The units are securities which have not been registered under the 1933 Act and the Fund is exempted from investment company registration under the 1940 Act. Therefore, participating plans and their participants will not be entitled to the protections under these Acts. As defined in the Declaration of Trust establishing the Fund, the Fund is available for investment by eligible qualified retirement plans only. Management of the Trust, however, is generally subject to the fiduciary duty and prohibited transaction rules under ERISA.

As with any investment, you can lose money by investing in the Fund. Before investing you should consider carefully the following risks that you assume when you invest in the Fund. For more information regarding the following risks, please consult the Fund's Information Statement.

Market Risk. A particular security owned by the Fund, units of the Fund or securities in general may fall in value. Securities are subject to market fluctuations caused by such factors as economic, political, regulatory or market developments. Small and/or mid capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse general market or economic developments, and their securities may be less liquid and may experience greater price volatility than larger, more established companies.

Non-U.S. Securities Risk. The Fund invests in securities of non-U.S. issuers or ETFs that invest in non-U.S. issuers. Such securities are subject to higher volatility than securities of domestic issuers due to possible adverse political, social or economic developments; restrictions on foreign investment or exchange of securities; lack of liquidity; excessive taxation; government seizure of assets; different legal or accounting standards; and less government supervision and regulation of exchanges in foreign countries. These risks may be heightened for securities of companies located in, or with significant operations in, emerging market countries.

Inflation Protection Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities ("TIPS") issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury or similar securities issued by foreign governments. In a falling inflationary environment, both interest payments and the value of the TIPS and other inflation-protected securities will decline.

Real Estate Investment Risk. The Fund invests in real estate companies, including real estate investment trusts ("REITs"). Investing in REITs involves certain other risks related to their structure and focus, which include, but are not limited to, dependency upon management skills, limited diversification, the risks of locating and managing financing for projects, heavy cash flow dependency, possible default by borrowers, the costs and potential losses of self-liquidation of one or more holdings, the risk of a possible lack of mortgage funds and associated interest rate risks, among others, which may result in less market liquidity and greater price volatility.

Interest Rate Risk. Increases in interest rates typically lower the present value of a REIT's future earnings stream, and may make financing property purchases and improvements more costly. Because the market price of REIT securities may change based upon investors' collective perceptions of future earnings, the value of REIT securities will generally decline when investors anticipate or experience rising interest rates. In addition, the Fund's investment in fixed-income securities subjects it to interest rate risk as the value of fixed-income securities generally declines as interest rates rise.

Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk of nonpayment of scheduled interest and/or principal payments. The value of fixed-income securities is affected by the creditworthiness of the issuers and by general economic and specific industry conditions.

Income Risk. Income a Fund receives based on interest it earns from its investments can vary widely over the short- and long-term. If prevailing market interest rates drop, distribution rates of the Fund's portfolio holdings in debt securities may decline which then may adversely affect the Fund's overall value. The Fund's income also would likely be adversely affected when prevailing short-term interest rates increase.

Commodity Risk. The value of commodities and commodity-linked instruments typically is based upon the price movements of a physical commodity or an economic variable linked to such price movements. The prices of commodities and commodity-related investments may fluctuate quickly and dramatically and may not correlate to price movements in other asset classes. An active trading market may not exist for certain commodities. Each of these factors and events could have a significant negative impact on the Fund.

ETF and PIV Risk. The Fund invests in Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and Pooled Investment Vehicles (PIVs) and therefore is subject to unique risks. Like securities or bonds, ETFs and PIVs carry market risk and could decline in value because of current events, supply and demand and other conditions that may affect the sector or group of industries the ETF and PIVs represents.

High-Yield Security Risk. High-yield, high-risk securities are subject to greater market fluctuations and risk of loss than securities with higher investment ratings. The value of these securities will decline significantly with increases in interest rates, not only because increases in rates generally decrease values, but also because increased rates may indicate an economic slowdown. An economic slowdown, or a reduction in an issuer's creditworthiness, may result in the issuer being unable to maintain earnings at a level sufficient to maintain interest and principal payments. Because high-yield securities are generally subordinated obligations and are perceived by investors to be riskier than higher rated securities, their prices tend to fluctuate more than higher rated securities and are affected by short-term credit developments to a greater degree. The market for high-yield securities is smaller and less liquid than that for investment grade securities. Due to the smaller, less liquid market for high-yield securities, the bid-offer spread on such securities is generally greater than it is for investment grade securities and the purchase or sale of such securities may take longer to complete.

An investment in this fund is not guaranteed, and you may experience losses, including losses near, at, or after the target date. There is no guarantee that the Fund will provide adequate income at and through your retirement.

Target Date Funds, like any investment, should be selected based on factors in addition to age or retirement date, including the investor's risk tolerance, personal circumstances and complete financial situation. As a plan participant whose balance may have been invested in a QDIA (Qualified Default Investment Alternative), you have the right to direct this investment to any other investment alternative under the plan, subject to any fees or limitation that may apply to such transfer under the plan.

 
 
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