Franklin U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF (LVHD)
About Franklin U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF (LVHD)
The fund seeks to track the investment results of the Franklin Low Volatility High Dividend Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index seeks to provide more stable income through investments in stocks of profitable U.S. companies with relatively high dividend yields and lower price and earnings volatility. The Underlying Index is based on a proprietary methodology created and sponsored by Franklin Advisers, Inc. (Franklin Advisers), the funds subadviser. Franklin Advisers is affiliated with both FTFA and the fund. The Underlying Index is composed of stocks of U.S. companies across a wide range of market capitalizations, including the largest 3,000 U.S. stocks as determined by the Solactive US Broad Market Index. Stocks in the Underlying Index must have demonstrated profitability over the last four fiscal quarters as a whole. Stocks whose yields are not supported by earnings are excluded from the Underlying Index. The methodology calculates a composite stable yield score, with the yield of stocks with relatively higher price volatility and earnings volatility adjusted downward and the yield of stocks with relatively lower price volatility and earnings volatility adjusted upward. Franklin Advisers anticipates that the number of component securities in the Underlying Index will range from 50 to 100. At the time of each reconstitution, no individual component of the Underlying Index will exceed 2.5 percent of the Underlying Index, no individual sector will exceed 25 percent of the Underlying Index, and real estate investment trust (REIT) components as a whole will not exceed 15 percent of the Underlying Index. The Underlying Indexs components are reconstituted annually and rebalanced quarterly. The composition of the Underlying Index and the fund after reconstitution and rebalancing may fluctuate and exceed the above Underlying Index limitations due to market movements. The Underlying Index may include large-, mid- or small-capitalization companies.
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