First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund (NASDAQ:FTGC) Shares Acquired Sen. John Boozman

Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) recently bought shares of First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund NASDAQ: FTGC. In a filing disclosed on May 14th, the Senator disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund stock on April 8th.

Senator John Boozman also recently made the following trade(s):

• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Salesforce NYSE: CRM on 4/22/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT on 4/22/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT on 4/16/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Lam Research NASDAQ: LRCX on 4/16/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Oracle NYSE: ORCL on 4/16/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of UnitedHealth Group NYSE: UNH on 4/16/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Applied Materials NASDAQ: AMAT on 4/16/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Gilead Sciences NASDAQ: GILD on 4/16/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Meta Platforms NASDAQ: META on 4/15/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Bank of America NYSE: BAC on 4/15/2025.

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FTGC opened at $24.60 on Thursday. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $24.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $24.42. First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund has a 12 month low of $22.22 and a 12 month high of $25.97.

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 27th were paid a dividend of $0.1417 per share. This represents a $0.57 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its position in shares of First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 36,948,435 shares of the company's stock worth $884,176,000 after purchasing an additional 2,326,568 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund by 24.9% during the 1st quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 2,861,014 shares of the company's stock worth $73,013,000 after purchasing an additional 569,999 shares during the last quarter. Total Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund by 6.8% during the 1st quarter. Total Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,097,516 shares of the company's stock worth $53,529,000 after purchasing an additional 133,986 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund by 34.9% during the 1st quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 1,061,526 shares of the company's stock worth $27,090,000 after purchasing an additional 274,416 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cyndeo Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in shares of First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund by 4.0% during the 1st quarter. Cyndeo Wealth Partners LLC now owns 884,476 shares of the company's stock worth $22,572,000 after purchasing an additional 33,623 shares during the last quarter.

About Senator Boozman

John Boozman (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Arkansas. He assumed office on January 3, 2011. His current term ends on January 3, 2029. Boozman (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Arkansas. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022. Boozman won re-election in 2016. He faced Democrat Conner Eldridge, Libertarian Frank Gilbert, and write-in candidate Jason Tate in the general election. Arkansas' U.S. Senate race was rated as safely Republican in 2016. Boozman began his political career in the U.S. House. He won a special election in 2001 and served in that position until his election to the Senate in 2010. Prior to his political career, Boozman worked as an optometrist. As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Boozman is an average Republican member of Congress, meaning he will vote with the Republican Party on the majority of bills. Below is an abbreviated outline of Boozman's academic, professional, and political career: 2011-Present: U.S. Senator from Arkansas 2001-2011: U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1977: Graduated from Southern College of Optometry

About First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund

The First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund (FTGC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Benchmark for FTGC Fund index. The fund is an actively managed fund that, through a subsidiary, provides broad exposure to commodities through futures contracts. The fund is structured as a 1940 Act open-ended fund.

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