Shlomo Bassous - First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager

FTCS Etf  USD 85.67  0.04  0.05%   
Shlomo Bassous is Portfolio Manager at First Trust Capital
IssuerFirst Trust
Inception Date2006-07-06
BenchmarkCapital Strength Index
Entity TypeRegulated Investment Company
Asset Under Management8.97 Billion
Average Trading Valume307,072.8
Asset TypeEquity
CategorySize and Style
FocusLarge Cap
Market ConcentrationDeveloped Markets
The fund will normally invest at least 90 percent of its net assets in the common stocks and real estate investment trusts that comprise the index. Capital Strength is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in the United States. First Trust Capital [FTCS] is traded in USA and was established 2006-07-06.

First Trust Capital Money Managers

Marques Mercier, ETF Portfolio Manager
Robert Galusza, ETF Portfolio Manager
Christopher Sperry, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ferian Juwono, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Marzouk, ETF Portfolio Manager
Scott Baskind, ETF Portfolio Manager
Justin Ma, ETF Portfolio Manager
Chris Peterson, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Amy Cooper, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Frank Vallario, ETF Portfolio Manager
Christopher Dyer, ETF Portfolio Manager
Richard Mejzak, ETF Portfolio Manager
Brent Fredberg, ETF Portfolio Manager
Adam Cohn, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Feehily, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
James Mauro, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Charles Gaffney, ETF Portfolio Manager
Rachel Aguirre, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Stephen Hammers, ETF Portfolio Manager
David Young, ETF Portfolio Manager
Eric Ervin, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael LaBella, ETF Portfolio Manager
Purav Jhaveri, ETF Portfolio Manager
John Lewis, ETF Portfolio Manager
Bernard Kavanagh, ETF Portfolio Manager
Louis Lu, ETF Portfolio Manager
Darshan Bhatt, ETF Portfolio Manager
William Coleman, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Darren Wills, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Christopher Lo, ETF Portfolio Manager
Rachel Ames, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Kristi Maher, Assistant Secretary
Michael Mack, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jonathan Nixon, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Jeffrey Kernagis, ETF Portfolio Manager
Evan Bauman, ETF Portfolio Manager
Derek Prusa, ETF Portfolio Manager
Robert Wang, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ted Randall, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
John Beck, ETF Portfolio Manager
Hayley Peppers, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
David Pursell, ETF Portfolio Manager
Tao Wang, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Ted Kim, ETF Portfolio Manager
Sabya Sinha, ETF Portfolio Manager
Justin Mandeville, ETF Portfolio Manager
David Chin, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Daniel Hare, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Marc Kremer, ETF Portfolio Manager
Travis Trempe, ETF Portfolio Manager
John Croft, ETF Portfolio Manager
Patrick Bresnehan, ETF Portfolio Manager
Peter Zilver, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ian Carroll, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Daniel Ong, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
John Kaprich, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Thomas Durante, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Karen Wong, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Anand Desai, ETF Portfolio Manager
Wayne Xie, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
David Braun, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Gates, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jon Erickson, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Richard Erickson, Trustee
Payal Gupta, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Robert Regan, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Kelley Christensen, Vice President
Leonardo Costa, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jane Qin, ETF Portfolio Manager
Mark Christensen, ETF Portfolio Manager
John Gardner, ETF Portfolio Manager
Andrea Roemhildt, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Daniel Lindquist, Vice President
Louis Ng, ETF Portfolio Manager
Edward Elfenbein, ETF Portfolio Manager
Philip Lee, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Foggin, ETF Portfolio Manager
Beckham Wyrick, ETF Portfolio Manager
Pierre Weinstein, ETF Portfolio Manager
Tanuj Dora, ETF Portfolio Manager
Joshua Barrickman, ETF Portfolio Manager
Conor Muldoon, ETF Portfolio Manager
David Chojnacki, ETF Portfolio Manager
Steve Kahler, ETF Portfolio Manager
Charles Ragauss, ETF Portfolio Manager
William Baird, ETF Portfolio Manager
Su Koo, ETF Portfolio Manager
Andrew Serowik, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Laird Landmann, ETF Portfolio Manager
Timothy Collins, ETF Portfolio Manager
Paul Brown, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Jay Small, ETF Portfolio Manager
William Smith, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Diane Hsiung, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Emiliano Rabinovich, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Anthony Routh, ETF Portfolio Manager
Greg Meisenger, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Deane Gyllenhaal, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Greg Barrato, ETF Portfolio Manager
David Yuen, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Jennifer Hsui, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Kevin Simpson, ETF Portfolio Manager
James Bowen, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Presidentident, CEO
Michael Weaver, ETF Portfolio Manager
Gerard OReilly, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Alexander Bridgeforth, ETF Portfolio Manager
Mitchell Firestein, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Jerome Schneider, ETF Portfolio Manager
Patrick Dwyer, ETF Portfolio Manager
Brandon Bettencourt, ETF Portfolio Manager
Nam To, ETF Portfolio Manager
Robert Shimell, ETF Portfolio Manager
Francis Rodilosso, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Allison, ETF Portfolio Manager
Emidio Checcone, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Loeffl, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Awais Khan, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Brian Barney, ETF Portfolio Manager
Charles Lowery, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Perre, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Timothy McCann, ETF Portfolio Manager
Tony Seisser, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Richard Jenkins, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Johnson, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Eric Viliott, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Stan Ueland, Vice President
Michael Kastner, ETF Portfolio Manager
Lewis Johnson, ETF Portfolio Manager
Stephen Kane, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jonathan Molchan, ETF Portfolio Manager
Darrell Jayroe, ETF Portfolio Manager
Chang Kim, ETF Portfolio Manager
Adrian Bachman, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Michelle Louie, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Scott Jardine, Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary
Blake Grave, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Boaz Weinstein, ETF Portfolio Manager
Richard DarbyDowman, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Eric Richardson, ETF Portfolio Manager
James Francis, ETF Portfolio Manager
Gold Corporation, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Orlando Montalvo, ETF Portfolio Manager
Juan Acevedo, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Robert Netzly, ETF Portfolio Manager
Kenneth Little, ETF Portfolio Manager
Daniel TenPas, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Brandon Ferguson, ETF Portfolio Manager
Amy Cheng, ETF Portfolio Manager
Joseph Barrato, ETF Portfolio Manager
Mike Feehily, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
James Evans, ETF Portfolio Manager
Mark Bradley, CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer, Controller
Qiong Wan, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Rob Guttschow, ETF Portfolio Manager
James Ong, ETF Portfolio Manager
Robert Anstine, ETF Portfolio Manager
Kevin Dreyer, ETF Portfolio Manager
Theodore Samulowitz, ETF Portfolio Manager
John Gambla, ETF Portfolio Manager
Derek Fulton, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Opre, ETF Portfolio Manager
David Prothro, ETF Portfolio Manager
Olga Winner, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Tony Ng, ETF Portfolio Manager
Robert Parker, ETF Portfolio Manager
Blake Graves, ETF Portfolio Manager
Paul Kim, ETF Portfolio Manager
Tom Futrell, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ken Fincher, ETF Portfolio Manager
Catherine Wood, ETF Portfolio Manager
Dwayne Hancock, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Danton Goei, ETF Portfolio Manager
Gary Jones, ETF Portfolio Manager
James Doyle, ETF Portfolio Manager
Celso Munoz, ETF Portfolio Manager
Johnathan Wilhelm, ETF Portfolio Manager
Craig Russ, ETF Portfolio Manager
Kristen Sheffield, ETF Portfolio Manager
Christine Franquin, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Daniel Hyman, ETF Portfolio Manager
Christopher Harshman, ETF Portfolio Manager
Gene Tannuzzo, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Neches, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Fred Zhang, ETF Portfolio Manager
Travis Trampe, ETF Portfolio Manager
Bradley Camden, ETF Portfolio Manager
Thomas Kadlec, Trustee
Peter Hubbard, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Christopher Bliss, ETF Portfolio Manager
Matthew Bartlett, ETF Portfolio Manager
Robert Cummings, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
James Kramer, ETF Portfolio Manager
Daniel Workman, ETF Portfolio Manager
George Cao, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
R Dillon, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
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Mark Boyadjian, ETF Portfolio Manager
Glenn Voyles, ETF Portfolio Manager
Madeline Lam, ETF Portfolio Manager
Austin Wen, ETF Portfolio Manager
Thomas Brussard, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Cheng, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ryan Harder, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Brandon Matsui, ETF Portfolio Manager
Brendan Sullivan, ETF Portfolio Manager
Harry Hartford, ETF Portfolio Manager
Peter Spano, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Brian Ellis, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ryan Dofflemeyer, ETF Portfolio Manager
Patricia Healy, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jay Hatfield, ETF Portfolio Manager
Stephanie Shu, ETF Portfolio Manager
Robert Barone, ETF Portfolio Manager
Shawn Lyons, ETF Portfolio Manager
Donald Butler, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Ted Janowsky, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
James King, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Abhishek Kumar, ETF Portfolio Manager
Devin Sullivan, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Linda Killian, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
James Conn, ETF Portfolio Manager
Charlotte Cipolletti, ETF Portfolio Manager
Donal Bishnoi, ETF Portfolio Manager
Naveen Kumar, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Shaun Burgess, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ked Hogan, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Joanna Madden, ETF Portfolio Manager
David McGarel, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Paul Brigandi, ETF Portfolio Manager
Robert Keith, Trustee
Justin Hales, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Carlos Lopez, ETF Portfolio Manager
Dan Ahrens, ETF Portfolio Manager
Patricia OConnor, ETF Portfolio Manager
Philip Fang, ETF Portfolio Manager
Teresa Zheng, ETF Portfolio Manager
Matthew Brown, ETF Portfolio Manager
Devin Ryder, ETF Portfolio Manager
Brian Matthews, ETF Portfolio Manager
Scott Hanson, ETF Portfolio Manager
Scott Page, ETF Portfolio Manager
Brian Whalen, ETF Portfolio Manager
David Janssen, ETF Portfolio Manager
Wesley Rager, ETF Portfolio Manager
Greg Savage, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Margaret Vitrano, ETF Portfolio Manager
Scott Fleming, ETF Portfolio Manager
Lisa Hobart, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Stephen Smitley, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Leo Law, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Alessandro Valentini, ETF Portfolio Manager
Benoit Autier, ETF Portfolio Manager
Richard Freeman, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Obuchowski, ETF Portfolio Manager
Amit Gutt, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ashraf Rizvi, ETF Portfolio Manager
Cai Jing, ETF Portfolio Manager
Louis Bottari, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Nicholas Bucklin, ETF Portfolio Manager
Laurie Brignac, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ernesto Tong, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jonathan Eng, ETF Portfolio Manager
Cyrille Conseil, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Seth Kadushin, ETF Portfolio Manager
Oliver Furby, ETF Portfolio Manager
Alexander Ilyasov, ETF Portfolio Manager
Raymond Donofrio, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Kathleen Morgan, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Steven Boyd, ETF Portfolio Manager
John Kartsonas, ETF Portfolio Manager
David Albrycht, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jeffrey Miller, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
JeanDominique Butikofer, ETF Portfolio Manager
Peter Bourbeau, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Finocchi, ETF Portfolio Manager
Bryan Richards, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jeffrey Ploshnick, ETF Portfolio Manager
Phil Hodges, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Charles Su, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Samuel Masucci, ETF Portfolio Manager
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Guo Jin, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Eva Pao, ETF Portfolio Manager
Andrew Hicks, ETF Portfolio Manager
Karl Schneider, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Foster Corwith, ETF Portfolio Manager
Shlomo Bassous, ETF Portfolio Manager
Chuck Craig, ETF Portfolio Manager
David Rios, ETF Portfolio Manager
Dina Ting, ETF Portfolio Manager
Mannik Dhillon, ETF Portfolio Manager
Vishal Khanduja, ETF Portfolio Manager
Frank Miethe, ETF Portfolio Manager
Luz Padilla, ETF Portfolio Manager
Timothy Seymour, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Roger Testin, Vice President
Alex Hamilton, ETF Portfolio Manager
Bradley Sullivan, ETF Portfolio Manager
Denise Krisko, ETF Portfolio Manager
Mark Nebelung, ETF Portfolio Manager
Leo Fan, ETF Portfolio Manager
George Douglas, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Brunell, ETF Portfolio Manager
Carlos Asilis, ETF Portfolio Manager
MultiManager, ETF Portfolio Manager
Bob Boyd, ETF Portfolio Manager
Tarak Dave, ETF Portfolio Manager
Andrew Ngim, ETF Portfolio Manager
Rafael Zayas, ETF Portfolio Manager
James Harrison, ETF Portfolio Manager
Francesco Ossino, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ray Allen, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Venuto, ETF Portfolio Manager
Russell Shtern, ETF Portfolio Manager
James Murchie, ETF Portfolio Manager
Keith Richardson, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Sarah Ketterer, ETF Portfolio Manager
Niel Nielson, Trustee
Scott Radell, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Christopher DiStefano, ETF Portfolio Manager
HaoHung Liao, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Jeremiah Holly, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Richard Brown, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Alan Mason, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Patrick Waddell, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Paul Benson, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jonathan Guyer, ETF Portfolio Manager
Josh Smith, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ravi Malik, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jeremy Neisewander, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jeffrey Schwarte, ETF Portfolio Manager
Scott Geiger, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Seth Misshula, ETF Portfolio Manager
Bruce Kavanaugh, ETF Portfolio Manager
Guo Lin, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Christopher Davis, ETF Portfolio Manager
Florian Eitner, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jonathan Stanley, ETF Portfolio Manager
Eric Isenberg, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Brian Kelly, ETF Portfolio Manager
Mohit Mittal, ETF Portfolio Manager
Tina Chou, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Joshua Barone, ETF Portfolio Manager
Andrew Beer, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Tad Rivelle, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jeffrey Mueller, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ryan Mischker, ETF Portfolio Manager
Mark Krivitsky, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Matthew Dorsten, ETF Portfolio Manager
Daniel Personette, ETF Portfolio Manager
Peter Liao, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Jeanette, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Amy Whitelaw, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Ford ONeil, ETF Portfolio Manager
John Law, ETF Portfolio Manager
Kevin Sheehan, ETF Portfolio Manager
Patrick Klein, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Peter Matthew, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Edward Ryan, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jason Wenk, ETF Portfolio Manager
John Mosseau, ETF Portfolio Manager
Eduardo Repetto, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Todd Brighton, ETF Portfolio Manager
Walter Nejman, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Stephen Dover, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Plage, ETF Portfolio Manager
John Tysseland, ETF Portfolio Manager
Dustin Lewellyn, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Byrum, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
William Flaig, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ellen Lee, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Loeffler, ETF Portfolio Manager
Nicholas DEramo, ETF Portfolio Manager
Robert Wolf, ETF Portfolio Manager
David Swallow, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Richard Ose, ETF Portfolio Manager
William DeRoche, ETF Portfolio Manager
Navid Sohrabi, ETF Portfolio Manager
Mebane Faber, ETF Portfolio Manager
Michael Martel, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Habib Moudachirou, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Sean Lussier, ETF Portfolio Manager
Matthew Conti, ETF Portfolio Manager
Louis Hsu, ETF Portfolio Manager
Ethan Ganz, ETF Portfolio Manager
Kala ODonnell, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Melissa Kapitulik, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
James Dykas, Assistant Treasurer
Mathias MamouMani, First Trust ETF Portfolio Manager
Orhan Imer, ETF Portfolio Manager
Jon Guyer, ETF Portfolio Manager
Joel Shulman, ETF Portfolio Manager
Todd Bean, ETF Portfolio Manager
Kyle Kelly, ETF Portfolio Manager

First Etf Performance Indicators

The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right etf is not an easy task. Is First Trust a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.
Some investors attempt to determine whether the market's mood is bullish or bearish by monitoring changes in market sentiment. Unlike more traditional methods such as technical analysis, investor sentiment usually refers to the aggregate attitude towards First Trust in the overall investment community. So, suppose investors can accurately measure the market's sentiment. In that case, they can use it for their benefit. For example, some tools to gauge market sentiment could be utilized using contrarian indexes, First Trust's short interest history, or implied volatility extrapolated from First Trust options trading.

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When determining whether First Trust Capital is a strong investment it is important to analyze First Trust's competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact First Trust's future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding First Etf, refer to the following important reports:
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust Capital. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in main economic indicators.
Note that the First Trust Capital information on this page should be used as a complementary analysis to other First Trust's statistical models used to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try the Analyst Advice module to analyst recommendations and target price estimates broken down by several categories.

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The market value of First Trust Capital is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of First that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of First Trust's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is First Trust's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because First Trust's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect First Trust's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between First Trust's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if First Trust is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, First Trust's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.