UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-21774
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1001 Warrenville Road, Suite 300
Lisle, Illinois 60532
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
W. Scott Jardine, Esq., Secretary
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
First Trust Advisors L.P.
1001 Warrenville Road, Suite 300
Lisle, Illinois 60532
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 630-241-4141
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2007
Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small
business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (Sections 239.24 and 274.5
of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days
after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may
use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review,
inspection, and policymaking roles.
A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and
the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required
to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the
Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control
number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information
collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE, Washington,
DC 20549. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the
clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. Section 3507.
ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
The Portfolios of Investments are attached herewith.
FIRST TRUST DOW JONES SELECT MICROCAP INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS--100.3%
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE--0.7%
1,683 American Science & Engineering, Inc. $ 105,456
1,618 LMI Aerospace, Inc. (a) 37,457
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142,913
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AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS--0.2%
1,566 Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (a) 40,638
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AIRLINES--0.7%
2,548 Allegiant Travel Co. (a) 77,255
3,388 Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (a) 54,276
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131,531
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AUTO COMPONENTS--1.6%
4,001 Aftermarket Technology Corp. (a) 126,992
5,526 Spartan Motors, Inc. 93,003
3,987 Superior Industries International, Inc. 86,478
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306,473
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BEVERAGES--0.6%
1,883 Boston Beer Co., Inc. (a) 91,627
1,694 MGP Ingredients, Inc. 17,397
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109,024
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BUILDING PRODUCTS--0.7%
5,124 Gibraltar Industries, Inc. 94,794
3,117 Insteel Industries, Inc. 47,846
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142,640
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CAPITAL MARKETS--1.0%
4,148 Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Class A 117,098
6,417 TradeStation Group, Inc. (a) 74,886
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191,984
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CHEMICALS--3.3%
3,392 American Vanguard Corp. 66,212
3,095 Flotek Industries, Inc. (a) 136,644
4,766 ICO, Inc. (a) 67,105
2,855 Koppers Holdings, Inc. 110,232
4,450 Landec Corp. (a) 68,797
2,259 LSB Industries, Inc. (a) 53,425
1,634 Penford Corp. 61,602
4,408 A. Schulman, Inc. 86,970
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650,987
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FIRST TRUST DOW JONES SELECT MICROCAP INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
COMMERCIAL BANKS--6.9%
2,318 Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. $ 70,769
3,965 Cascade Bancorp 88,261
4,136 Chemical Financial Corp. 100,298
3,094 City Holding Co. 112,652
3,526 CoBiz Financial, Inc. 60,365
5,505 Community Bank System, Inc. 107,458
2,191 Greene Bancshares, Inc. 79,862
2,540 Independent Bank Corp. 75,438
4,090 Nara Bancorp, Inc. 63,886
6,134 NBT Bancorp, Inc. 133,352
4,051 PrivateBancorp, Inc. 141,136
3,898 Renasant Corp. 84,314
2,800 Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida 52,360
4,758 Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a) 103,439
2,856 West Coast Bancorp 81,139
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1,354,729
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COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES--6.7%
2,901 American Ecology Corp. 61,472
5,104 Bowne & Co., Inc. 85,033
9,664 CBIZ, Inc. (a) 76,829
2,405 CDI Corp. 67,051
2,475 COMSYS IT Partners, Inc. (a) 41,605
1,852 Cornell Cos., Inc. (a) 43,615
2,147 CRA International, Inc. (a) 103,464
4,677 Ennis, Inc. 103,081
4,614 Hudson Highland Group, Inc.(a) 58,736
1,240 ICF International, Inc. (a) 34,199
5,100 Innerworkings, Inc. (a) 87,873
7,518 Kforce, Inc. (a) 96,681
4,398 LECG Corp. (a) 65,530
6,468 On Assignment, Inc. (a) 60,411
3,195 Pike Electric Corp. (a) 59,938
1,968 Schawk, Inc. 44,418
10,409 Spherion Corp. (a) 85,978
3,315 Team, Inc. (a) 90,765
1,219 Waste Industries USA, Inc. 34,888
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1,301,567
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COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT--1.6%
3,157 Anaren, Inc. (a) 44,514
8,141 C-COR, Inc. (a) 93,540
2,817 EMS Technologies, Inc. (a) 69,101
6,792 Ixia (a) 59,226
3,826 Oplink Communications, Inc.(a) 52,263
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318,644
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FIRST TRUST DOW JONES SELECT MICROCAP INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS--0.7%
3,843 STEC, Inc. (a) $ 29,322
3,846 Stratasys, Inc. (a) 105,996
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135,318
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CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING--0.9%
1,895 Integrated Electrical Services, Inc. (a) 48,531
1,281 Michael Baker Corp. (a) 62,782
1,644 Northwest Pipe Co. (a) 62,176
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173,489
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CONSUMER FINANCE--0.6%
5,211 First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (a) 122,042
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DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES--0.6%
978 CPI Corp. 37,673
4,383 Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (a) 78,894
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116,567
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DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES--0.4%
1,994 ASTA Funding, Inc. 76,410
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DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATIONS--2.4%
7,862 Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 113,606
1,755 Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. 63,794
3,732 Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. 73,185
5,063 FairPoint Communications, Inc. 95,488
5,781 Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. 114,753
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460,826
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ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT--0.8%
2,175 Azz, Inc. (a) 76,038
3,687 LSI Industries, Inc. 75,657
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151,695
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ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS--3.9%
6,604 CTS Corp. 85,192
2,809 FARO Technologies, Inc. (a) 124,017
15,411 Kemet Corp. (a) 113,271
3,449 LoJack Corp. (a) 65,393
6,876 Methode Electronics, Inc. 103,484
3,406 Park Electrochemical Corp. 114,373
3,034 SYNNEX Corp. (a) 62,379
7,686 TTM Technologies, Inc. (a) 88,927
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757,036
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FIRST TRUST DOW JONES SELECT MICROCAP INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES--4.5%
4,789 Bronco Drilling Co., Inc. (a) $ 70,877
1,313 Dawson Geophysical Co. (a) 101,771
2,045 Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. 78,508
4,894 Matrix Service Co. (a) 102,529
16,449 Newpark Resources, Inc. (a) 88,167
841 OYO Geospace Corp. (a) 77,969
9,123 Pioneer Drilling Co. (a) 111,118
2,126 Superior Well Services, Inc. (a) 48,324
2,239 T-3 Energy Services, Inc. (a) 95,471
2,320 Trico Marine Services, Inc. (a) 69,136
2,049 Union Drilling, Inc. (a) 29,874
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873,744
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FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING--1.2%
2,467 Nash Finch Co. 98,260
2,211 PriceSmart, Inc. 52,180
3,923 Spartan Stores, Inc. 88,385
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238,825
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FOOD PRODUCTS--0.9%
13,147 Darling International, Inc. (a) 130,024
1,534 Imperial Sugar Co. 40,083
170,107
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GAS UTILITIES--0.6%
3,722 Laclede Group (The), Inc. 120,146
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HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES--4.4%
2,021 Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. (a) 27,425
1,292 Cynosure, Inc. (a) 47,675
2,358 Datascope Corp. 79,724
2,464 ICU Medical, Inc. (a) 95,480
3,353 IRIS International, Inc. (a) 64,378
2,058 Kensey Nash Corp. (a) 53,734
2,710 Medical Action Industries, Inc. (a) 64,119
3,263 Natus Medical, Inc. (a) 52,012
5,653 Quidel Corp. (a) 110,572
5,947 Symmetry Medical, Inc. (a) 99,315
1,492 Vital Signs, Inc. 77,793
3,684 Zoll Medical Corp. (a) 95,489
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867,716
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HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES--5.9%
1,970 Air Methods Corp. (a) 91,014
4,524 Alliance Imaging, Inc. (a) 40,987
2,295 American Dental Partners, Inc. (a) 64,283
2,163 Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (a) 73,023
5,443 Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (a) 95,089
1,702 Emergency Medical Services Corp. (a) 51,486
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FIRST TRUST DOW JONES SELECT MICROCAP INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES (CONTINUED)
4,767 Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (a) $ 91,574
3,946 Matria Healthcare, Inc. (a) 103,227
2,380 Medcath Corp. (a) 65,355
2,211 MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. (a) 83,465
6,039 Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. (a) 58,035
2,139 Providence Service (The) Corp. (a) 62,801
3,213 RehabCare Group, Inc. (a) 56,517
4,590 Res-Care, Inc. (a) 104,836
7,022 Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (a) 117,337
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1,159,029
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HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY--0.2%
1,876 Computer Programs & Systems, Inc. 49,451
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HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE--4.5%
5,457 AFC Enterprises (a) 82,128
3,323 BJ'S Restaurants, Inc. (a) 69,949
2,828 Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (a) 106,672
5,351 California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (a) 94,017
3,943 Marcus (The) Corp. 75,706
2,607 McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants, Inc. (a) 49,090
2,164 Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a) 61,566
2,047 Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc. (a) 32,547
2,483 Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. (a) 69,301
2,812 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (a) 120,634
4,764 Steak N Shake (The) Co. (a) 71,508
2,464 Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (a) 37,477
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870,595
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HOUSEHOLD DURABLES--1.1%
5,226 Helen of Troy Ltd. (a) 100,914
1,752 Lifetime Brands, Inc. 35,548
2,641 Universal Electronics, Inc. (a) 85,833
------------
222,295
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HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS--0.5%
3,051 WD-40 Co. 104,161
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INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES--0.7%
3,329 Raven Industries, Inc. 133,326
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INSURANCE--2.9%
9,785 American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. 104,210
1,885 American Physicians Capital, Inc. 73,440
2,789 First Mercury Financial Corp. (a) 59,991
6,616 Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. (a) 59,610
4,834 OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. 104,173
2,869 Seabright Insurance Holdings (a) 48,974
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FIRST TRUST DOW JONES SELECT MICROCAP INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
INSURANCE (CONTINUED)
3,144 Stewart Information Services Corp. $ 107,745
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558,143
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INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL--1.1%
3,517 FTD Group, Inc. 52,333
2,549 Gaiam, Inc. (a) 61,252
4,476 PetMed Express, Inc. (a) 62,710
3,256 Stamps.com, Inc. (a) 38,974
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215,269
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INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES--1.9%
3,772 Greenfield Online, Inc. (a) 57,523
5,083 Perficient, Inc. (a) 111,165
11,909 SonicWALL, Inc. (a) 103,966
5,084 Vignette Corp. (a) 102,036
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374,690
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IT SERVICES--1.7%
9,833 Ciber, Inc.(a) 76,796
6,135 infoUSA, Inc. 56,994
3,626 ManTech International Corp., Class A (a) 130,463
2,412 SI International, Inc. (a) 68,911
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333,164
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LEISURE EQUIPMENT & PRODUCTS--1.7%
5,195 Jakks Pacific, Inc. (a) 138,758
3,885 RC2 Corp. (a) 107,576
4,167 Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. (a) 74,631
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320,965
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LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES--1.2%
4,540 Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (a) 68,554
5,317 Cambrex Corp. 57,902
2,358 Kendle International, Inc. (a) 97,928
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224,384
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MACHINERY--7.6%
4,834 Altra Holdings, Inc. (a) 80,583
1,664 American Railcar Industries, Inc. 36,641
1,371 Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. 53,990
2,270 Badger Meter, Inc. 72,754
7,006 Blount International, Inc. (a) 79,588
5,072 Chart Industries, Inc. (a) 163,115
2,988 CIRCOR International, Inc. 135,684
3,445 Columbus McKinnon Corp. (a) 85,746
2,180 Dynamic Materials Corp. 104,400
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FIRST TRUST DOW JONES SELECT MICROCAP INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
MACHINERY (CONTINUED)
1,963 Gehl Co. (a) $ 43,834
2,749 Greenbrier Cos., Inc. 73,426
2,107 Hardinge, Inc. 73,387
975 Hurco Cos., Inc. (a) 52,709
2,559 Kadant, Inc. (a) 71,652
1,933 L.B. Foster Co. (a) 84,008
1,985 Lindsay Corp. 86,903
2,159 Sun Hydraulics Corp. 68,656
876 Twin Disc, Inc. 50,983
5,314 Wabash National Corp. 59,995
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1,478,054
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MARINE--0.4%
1,978 TBS International Ltd. (a) 81,593
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MEDIA--2.9%
2,048 Courier Corp. 72,110
6,238 Cox Radio, Inc., Class A (a) 81,406
11,630 Entravision Communications Corp., Class A (a) 107,229
2,784 DG Fastchannel, Inc. (a) 65,647
8,888 Journal Communications, Inc., Class A 84,258
3,785 Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Class B (a) 40,651
9,721 Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A 117,041
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568,342
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METALS & MINING--0.7%
3,226 A.M. Castle & Co. 105,168
1,855 Claymont Steel Holdings, Inc. (a) 37,564
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142,732
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OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS--1.3%
2,610 DCP Midstream Partners LP 112,178
7,548 PetroQuest Energy, Inc. (a) 80,990
1,679 TransMontaigne Partners L.P. 55,407
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248,575
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PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS--2.0%
6,976 Buckeye Technologies, Inc. (a) 105,617
8,242 Glatfelter 122,311
2,717 Neenah Paper, Inc. 89,906
2,874 Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. 66,964
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384,798
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PERSONAL PRODUCTS--1.3%
4,944 Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (a) 133,290
1,733 Inter Parfums, Inc. 41,020
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FIRST TRUST DOW JONES SELECT MICROCAP INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
PERSONAL PRODUCTS (CONTINUED)
6,456 Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (a) $ 70,887
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245,197
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PHARMACEUTICALS--0.9%
2,527 Bradley Prarmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 45,991
1,180 Obagi Medical Products, Inc. (a) 21,795
8,679 Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (a) 107,793
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175,579
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ROAD & RAIL--0.5%
4,310 Celadon Group, Inc. (a) 50,729
2,773 Marten Transport Ltd. (a) 42,732
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93,461
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SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT--1.9%
14,769 Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a) 94,521
3,885 Cohu, Inc. 72,844
9,653 Mattson Technology, Inc. (a) 83,499
4,993 Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (a) 69,053
3,556 Ultra Clean Holdings (a) 52,273
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372,190
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SOFTWARE--1.4%
11,105 Actuate Corp. 71,627
1,548 Interactive Intelligence, Inc. (a) 29,412
4,475 Radiant Systems, Inc. (a) 70,839
7,113 Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a) 94,959
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266,837
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SPECIALTY RETAIL--3.3%
3,724 A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. (a) 58,690
3,910 Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. 73,117
6,746 Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. (a) 60,444
5,640 Cato (The) Corp. 115,283
2,233 Conn's, Inc. (a) 53,346
3,312 Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (a) 110,687
2,714 Midas, Inc. (a) 51,213
2,648 Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. 89,476
2,633 West Marine, Inc. (a) 30,411
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642,667
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS (Continued)
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS--2.2%
2,885 Maidenform Brands, Inc. (a) $ 45,814
3,548 Movado Group, Inc. 113,252
2,128 Perry Ellis International, Inc. (a) 58,967
3,581 Steven Madden, Ltd. (a) 67,860
2,576 True Religion Apparel, Inc. (a) 45,338
2,633 UniFirst Corp. 98,632
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429,863
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THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE--1.9%
3,527 Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin, Inc. 95,229
9,920 Bank Mutual Corp. 116,957
5,776 Dime Community Bancshares 86,467
1,161 WSFS Financial Corp. 72,446
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371,099
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TOBACCO--0.6%
17,607 Alliance One International, Inc. (a) 115,150
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TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS--0.4%
3,186 Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a) 80,765
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WATER UTILITIES--1.3%
3,136 American States Water Co. 122,305
2,388 SJW Corp. 81,526
4,429 Southwest Water Co. 55,938
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259,769
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WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--0.4%
4,251 USA Mobility, Inc. 71,714
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.3%
(Cost $19,575,325) (b) 19,548,908
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(0.3%) (53,814)
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NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 19,495,094
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(a) Non-income producing security.
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(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $963,970 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost over value was $990,387.
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FIRST TRUST MORNINGSTAR(R) DIVIDEND LEADERS(SM) INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS--100.0%
BUILDING PRODUCTS--0.6%
22,897 Masco Corp. $ 530,523
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CHEMICALS--3.0%
50,707 Dow Chemical (The) Co. 2,183,444
4,066 Olin Corp. 90,997
6,238 RPM International, Inc. 149,400
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2,423,841
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COMMERCIAL BANKS--28.0%
7,921 Associated Banc-Corp. 234,699
4,123 BancorpSouth, Inc. 100,189
38,819 BB&T Corp. 1,567,899
1,549 Chemical Financial Corp. 37,563
8,036 Citizens Banking Corp. 129,460
7,994 Colonial BancGroup (The), Inc. 172,830
11,490 Comerica, Inc. 589,207
1,953 Community Bank System, Inc. 38,123
5,390 F.N.B. Corp. 89,151
36,873 Fifth Third Bancorp 1,249,257
1,471 First Charter Corp. 44,380
3,162 First Financial Bancorp 40,410
12,926 First Horizon National Corp. 344,607
2,900 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. 99,064
6,951 FirstMerit Corp. 137,352
11,158 Fulton Financial Corp. 160,452
35,124 Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 596,406
25,075 KeyCorp 810,675
57,173 National City Corp. 1,434,471
2,894 National Penn Bancshares, Inc. 47,346
1,867 NBT Bancorp, Inc. 40,589
5,608 Old National Bancorp 92,925
2,525 Pacific Capital Bancorp 66,408
766 Park National Corp. 66,795
19,467 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 1,325,703
21,452 Popular, Inc. 263,431
2,089 Provident Bankshares Corp. 65,448
1,392 S&T Bancorp., Inc. 44,669
3,666 South Financial Group (The), Inc. 83,365
21,001 SunTrust Banks, Inc. 1,589,145
4,200 Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. 84,420
7,462 TCF Financial Corp. 195,355
2,566 Trustmark Corp. 71,951
86,616 U.S. Bancorp 2,817,617
2,508 United Bankshares, Inc. 76,344
7,094 Valley National Bancorp 157,345
15,865 W Holding Co., Inc. 35,538
82,172 Wachovia Corp. 4,120,925
98,050 Wells Fargo & Co. 3,492,540
1,262 WesBanco, Inc. 31,525
4,626 Whitney Holding Corp. 122,034
3,646 Wilmington Trust Corp. 141,829
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22,909,442
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FIRST TRUST MORNINGSTAR(R) DIVIDEND LEADERS(SM) INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES--19.4%
164,001 Bank of America Corp. $ 8,244,330
163,519 Citigroup, Inc. 7,631,432
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15,875,762
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DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--13.4%
158,822 AT&T, Inc. 6,719,759
94,639 Verizon Communications, Inc. 4,190,615
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10,910,374
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ELECTRIC UTILITIES--5.2%
3,574 Cleco Corp. 90,315
7,264 DPL, Inc. 190,753
2,747 Empire District Electric (The) Co. 62,055
8,132 Great Plains Energy, Inc. 234,283
1,387 Otter Tail Corp. 49,447
11,953 Pepco Holdings, Inc. 323,687
8,856 Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 349,901
21,582 Progress Energy, Inc. 1,011,117
52,994 Southern Co. 1,922,621
------------
4,234,179
------------
GAS UTILITIES--1.0%
5,245 AGL Resources, Inc. 207,806
6,686 Atmos Energy Corp. 189,348
1,476 Laclede Group (The), Inc. 47,645
3,143 Nicor, Inc. 134,835
4,407 Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc. 110,572
3,277 WGL Holdings, Inc. 111,058
------------
801,264
------------
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES--0.2%
2,351 Kimball International, Inc., Class B 26,754
2,767 Tupperware Brands Corp. 87,133
------------
113,887
------------
INSURANCE--1.3%
6,523 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 188,971
8,470 Cincinnati Financial Corp. 366,837
3,607 Commerce Group (The), Inc. 106,298
1,642 Mercury General Corp. 88,553
2,972 Unitrin, Inc. 147,381
2,661 Zenith National Insurance Corp. 119,452
------------
1,017,492
------------
METALS & MINING--0.2%
3,363 Nucor Corp. 199,998
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FIRST TRUST MORNINGSTAR(R) DIVIDEND LEADERS(SM) INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
MULTI-UTILITIES--6.4%
16,052 Ameren Corp. $ 842,730
1,954 Black Hills Corp. 80,153
1,154 CH Energy Group, Inc. 55,161
21,709 Consolidated Edison, Inc. 1,005,127
15,601 Dominion Resources, Inc. 1,315,165
11,948 DTE Energy Co. 578,761
11,968 Energy East Corp. 323,734
6,083 NSTAR 211,749
6,007 OGE Energy Corp. 198,832
7,820 Puget Energy, Inc. 191,355
7,762 SCANA Corp. 300,700
5,818 Vectren Corp. 158,773
------------
5,262,240
------------
PHARMACEUTICALS--10.6%
89,822 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2,588,670
249,834 Pfizer, Inc. 6,103,445
------------
8,692,115
------------
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS--0.3%
5,388 Rayonier, Inc. 258,840
------------
THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE--3.3%
5,523 Astoria Financial Corp. 146,525
3,509 Corus Bankshares, Inc. 45,687
6,621 First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. 93,687
1,884 Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. 18,331
4,398 Washington Federal, Inc. 115,491
63,994 Washington Mutual, Inc. 2,259,629
------------
2,679,350
------------
TOBACCO--7.1%
74,730 Altria Group, Inc. 5,195,977
12,859 UST, Inc. 637,806
------------
5,833,783
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.0%
(Cost $84,278,216) (a) 81,743,090
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--0.0% 29,830
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NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 81,772,920
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(a) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $2,571,065 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost over value was $5,106,191.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 12
FIRST TRUST IPOX-100 INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--100.2%
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE--1.0%
6,581 Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., Class A. (a) $ 256,264
------------
AUTO COMPONENTS--0.6%
4,744 TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a) 150,290
------------
BIOTECHNOLOGY--0.6%
1,739 Pharmion Corp. (a) 80,238
2,860 Theravance, Inc. (a) 74,617
------------
154,855
------------
BUILDING PRODUCTS--0.3%
3,250 Goodman Global, Inc. (a) 77,610
------------
CAPITAL MARKETS--5.3%
11,094 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 700,142
1,380 GFI Group, Inc. (a) 118,846
1,313 Greenhill & Co., Inc. 80,159
5,076 Lazard Ltd., Class A 215,222
5,641 MF Global Ltd. (a) 163,589
2,969 optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. 77,610
------------
1,355,568
------------
CHEMICALS--4.5%
7,037 Celanese Corp., Class A 274,302
2,625 CF Industries Holding, Inc. 199,264
10,468 Huntsman Corp. 277,297
6,807 Nalco Holding Co. 201,828
3,480 Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (a) 124,688
3,087 Westlake Chemical Corp. 78,194
------------
1,155,573
------------
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT--0.3%
3,626 Aruba Networks, Inc. (a) 72,520
------------
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES--0.9%
2,752 IHS, Inc., Class A (a) 155,460
4,864 RSC Holdings, Inc. (a) 79,770
------------
235,230
------------
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING--1.8%
4,637 Aecom Technology Corp. (a) 161,970
7,968 KBR, Inc. (a) 308,920
------------
470,890
------------
CONSUMER FINANCE--1.8%
22,502 Discover Financial Services 468,042
------------
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FIRST TRUST IPOX-100 INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS--3.8%
12,448 NYSEEuronext $ 985,508
------------
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--2.0%
7,194 Embarq Corp. 399,986
3,603 NeuStar, Inc., Class A (a) 123,547
------------
523,533
------------
ELECTRIC UTILITIES--0.4%
2,009 ITC Holdings Corp. 99,546
------------
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT--2.9%
3,636 First Solar, Inc (a). 428,103
3,928 SunPower Corp., Class A (a) 325,317
------------
753,420
------------
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS--4.2%
4,467 Cogent, Inc. (a) 70,043
5,187 Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a) 180,611
23,443 Tyco Electronics Ltd. 830,585
------------
1,081,239
------------
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES--1.4%
3,436 Complete Production Services, Inc. (a) 70,369
4,046 Dresser-Rand Group, Inc. (a) 172,805
4,190 Hercules Offshore, Inc. (a) 109,401
------------
352,575
------------
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES--4.5%
23,442 Covidien Ltd. 972,843
3,374 Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (a) 189,889
------------
1,162,732
------------
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES--1.5%
4,788 Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. 190,610
1,966 WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a) 207,276
------------
397,886
------------
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE--3.3%
6,372 Burger King Holdings, Inc. 162,422
1,736 Life Time Fitness, Inc. (a) 106,486
8,882 Tim Hortons, Inc. 309,538
8,421 Wyndham Worldwide Corp. 275,872
------------
854,318
------------
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FIRST TRUST IPOX-100 INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES--0.5%
3,738 Tempur-Pedic International, Inc. $ 133,634
------------
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & ENERGY TRADERS--0.3
1,798 Ormat Technologies, Inc. 83,319
------------
INSURANCE--5.4%
2,848 Allied World Assurance Holdings Ltd. 147,840
4,156 Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. 115,994
5,617 Assurant, Inc. 300,510
3,196 Assured Guaranty Ltd. 86,835
20,873 Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A 641,427
3,601 Validus Holdings Ltd. (a) 87,288
------------
1,379,894
------------
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES--11.7%
1,882 DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (a) 78,818
4,636 Google, Inc., Class A (a) 2,629,863
2,736 Omniture, Inc. (a) 82,956
2,034 VistaPrint Ltd. (a) 76,011
2,694 WebMD Health Corp., Class A (a) 140,357
------------
3,008,005
------------
IT SERVICES--8.7%
9,983 Genpact Ltd. (a) 169,212
6,374 MasterCard, Inc., Class A 943,160
6,041 SAIC, Inc. (a) 115,927
3,933 VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (a) 174,350
36,432 Western Union Co. 763,979
1,885 Wright Express Corp. (a) 68,784
------------
2,235,412
------------
MACHINERY--0.5%
1,763 Bucyrus International, Inc., Class A 128,576
------------
MARINE--0.3%
1,203 Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. 78,833
------------
MEDIA--12.5%
5,020 Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a) 93,171
4,926 DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., Class A (a) 164,627
2,038 Morningstar, Inc. (a) 125,133
46,063 Time Warner Cable, Inc., Class A (a) 1,510,865
32,375 Viacom, Inc., Class B (a) 1,261,654
7,050 Warner Music Group Corp. 71,205
------------
$ 3,226,655
------------
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FIRST TRUST IPOX-100 INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS--6.7%
2,207 Alon USA Energy,Inc. $ 74,552
3,089 Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (a) 71,757
2,105 Bill Barrett Corp. (a) 82,958
7,922 Continental Resources, Inc. (a) 143,706
1,996 Copano Energy LLC 73,313
2,168 Crosstex Energy, Inc. 82,189
4,923 EXCO Resources, Inc. (a) 81,426
2,140 Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. 83,888
29,805 Spectra Energy Corp. 729,627
3,594 W&T Offshore, Inc. 87,622
3,214 Western Refining, Inc. 130,424
2,003 Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a) 89,033
------------
1,730,495
------------
PERSONAL PRODUCTS--1.0%
4,253 Bare Escentuals, Inc. (a) 105,772
3,387 Herbalife Ltd. 153,973
------------
259,745
------------
PHARMACEUTICALS--0.8%
11,815 Warner Chilcott Ltd., Class A (a) 209,953
------------
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT--1.2%
10,811 CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc., Class A (a) 300,978
------------
ROAD & RAIL--1.3%
15,155 Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a) 344,322
------------
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT--0.7%
2,651 Atheros Communications (a) 79,450
2,248 Tessera Technologies, Inc. (a) 84,300
------------
163,750
------------
SOFTWARE--1.4%
4,629 NAVTEQ Corp. (a) 360,923
------------
SPECIALTY RETAIL--0.8%
3,103 Cabela's, Inc. (a) 73,386
2,896 J. Crew Group, Inc. (a) 120,184
------------
193,570
------------
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS--1.5%
3,845 Crocs, Inc. (a) 258,577
4,521 Hanesbrands, Inc. (a) 126,859
------------
385,436
------------
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FIRST TRUST IPOX-100 INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE--0.3%
5,308 NewAlliance Bancshares,Inc. $ 77,921
------------
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS--1.1%
3,180 Aircastle Ltd. 106,275
2,212 TransDigm Group, Inc. (a) 101,111
2,450 UAP Holding Corp. 76,832
------------
284,218
------------
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICARTION SERVICES--2.4%
7,710 Clearwire Corp., Class A (a) 188,432
16,356 Metropcs Communications (a) 446,192
------------
634,624
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.2%
(Cost $23,804,958) (b) 25,827,862
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(0.2%) (48,113)
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 25,779,749
============
(a) Non-income producing security.
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(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $3,140,845 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost over value was $1,117,941.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 17
FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100 EQUAL WEIGHTED INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--100.5%
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS--2.1%
4,280 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. $ 232,361
4,985 Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 235,791
------------
468,152
------------
AIRLINES--1.9%
5,084 Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR (a) 211,037
4,732 UAL Corp. (a) 220,180
------------
431,217
------------
BIOTECHNOLOGY--7.8%
4,014 Amgen, Inc. (a) 227,072
4,439 Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 221,950
3,302 Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) 219,022
3,146 Celgene Corp. (a) 224,341
2,852 Cephalon, Inc. (a) 208,367
3,376 Genzyme Corp. (a) 209,177
5,675 Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a) 231,936
5,355 Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 205,686
------------
1,747,551
------------
CHEMICALS--1.1%
4,931 Sigma-Aldrich Corp. 240,337
------------
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES--2.0%
5,942 Cintas Corp. 220,448
6,572 Monster Worldwide, Inc. (a) 223,843
------------
444,291
------------
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT--6.1%
6,725 Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) 222,665
5,978 Juniper Networks, Inc. (a) 218,855
5,690 QUALCOMM, Inc. 240,459
2,605 Research In Motion Ltd. (a) 256,723
5,653 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ADR 224,989
20,877 Tellabs, Inc. (a) 198,749
------------
1,362,440
------------
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS--6.0%
1,596 Apple Computer, Inc. (a) 245,049
8,028 Dell, Inc. (a) 221,573
8,064 Logitech International S.A. (a) 238,291
7,794 Network Appliance, Inc. (a) 209,737
3,987 SanDisk Corp. (a) 219,684
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FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100 EQUAL WEIGHTED INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS (CONTINUED)
37,878 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (a) $ 212,496
------------
1,346,830
------------
CONSTRUCTION &
ENGINEERING--1.1%
1,820 Foster Wheeler Ltd. (a) 238,930
------------
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES--1.0%
3,660 Apollo Group, Inc., Class A (a) 220,149
------------
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--1.0%
45,822 Level 3 Communications, Inc. (a) 213,072
------------
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS--1.9%
2,508 CDW Corp. (a) 218,698
18,144 Flextronics International Ltd. (a) 202,850
------------
421,548
------------
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES--1.0%
9,457 Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 213,444
------------
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING--2.1%
3,691 Costco Wholesale Corp. 226,517
4,903 Whole Foods Market, Inc. 240,051
------------
466,568
------------
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES--2.0%
5,390 DENTSPLY International, Inc. 224,440
986 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) 226,780
------------
451,220
------------
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES--2.0%
3,970 Express Scripts, Inc. (a) 221,605
5,659 Patterson Cos., Inc. (a) 218,494
------------
440,099
------------
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE--2.1%
7,914 Starbucks Corp. (a) 207,347
1,642 Wynn Resorts Ltd. (a) 258,713
------------
466,060
------------
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES--1.1%
2,024 Garmin Ltd. 241,666
------------
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FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100 EQUAL WEIGHTED INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL--4.2%
2,507 Amazon.Com, Inc. (a) $ 233,527
7,473 Expedia, Inc. (a) 238,239
7,819 IAC/InterActiveCorp (a) 231,990
11,560 Liberty Media Corp. - Interactive, Class A (a) 222,068
------------
925,824
------------
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES--5.1%
7,169 Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a) 205,965
5,957 eBay, Inc. (a) 232,442
415 Google, Inc., Class A (a) 235,417
6,628 VeriSign, Inc. (a) 223,629
9,122 Yahoo!, Inc. (a) 244,835
------------
1,142,288
------------
IT SERVICES--5.1%
4,668 CheckFree Corp. (a) 217,249
3,161 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A (a) 252,153
4,608 Fiserv, Inc. (a) 234,363
4,631 Infosys Technologies Ltd. ADR 224,094
4,899 Paychex, Inc. 200,859
------------
1,128,718
------------
MACHINERY--2.1%
4,872 Joy Global, Inc. 247,790
2,595 PACCAR, Inc. 221,224
------------
469,014
------------
MEDIA--8.1%
8,485 Comcast Corp., Class A (a) 205,167
8,258 Discovery Holding Co., Class A (a) 238,243
5,224 EchoStar Communications Corp., Class A (a) 244,535
4,304 Lamar Advertising Co., Class A 210,767
5,313 Liberty Global, Inc., Class A (a) 217,939
65,342 Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. (a) 228,044
9,387 Virgin Media, Inc. 227,822
15,880 XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) 225,020
------------
1,797,537
------------
MULTILINE RETAIL--0.9%
1,648 Sears Holdings Corp. (a) 209,626
------------
PHARMACEUTICALS--1.9%
7,659 Sepracor, Inc. (a) 210,623
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FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100 EQUAL WEIGHTED INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
PHARMACEUTICALS (CONTINUED)
4,989 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR $ 221,860
------------
432,483
------------
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT--11.6%
9,004 Altera Corp. 216,816
10,289 Applied Materials, Inc. 212,982
6,099 Broadcom Corp., Class A (a) 222,248
8,429 Intel Corp. 217,974
3,735 KLA-Tencor Corp. 208,338
4,101 Lam Research Corp. (a) 218,419
6,237 Linear Technology Corp. 218,233
12,936 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a) 211,762
7,231 Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 212,230
5,761 Microchip Technology, Inc. 209,240
6,255 NVIDIA Corp. (a) 226,680
8,261 Xilinx, Inc. 215,943
------------
2,590,865
------------
SOFTWARE--12.2%
10,863 Activision, Inc. (a) 234,532
4,945 Adobe Systems, Inc. (a) 215,899
4,646 Autodesk, Inc. (a) 232,161
16,963 BEA Systems, Inc. (a) 235,276
9,995 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a) 221,789
8,771 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a) 220,854
5,772 Citrix Systems, Inc. (a) 232,727
3,998 Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) 223,848
7,917 Intuit, Inc. (a) 239,884
7,476 Microsoft Corp. 220,243
10,571 Oracle Corp. (a) 228,862
11,149 Symantec Corp. (a) 216,068
------------
2,722,143
------------
SPECIALTY RETAIL--3.8%
6,564 Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a) 223,963
6,524 PetSmart, Inc. 208,116
8,070 Ross Stores, Inc. 206,915
9,604 Staples, Inc. 206,390
------------
845,384
------------
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS--1.0%
4,962 Fastenal Co. 225,324
------------
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FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100 EQUAL WEIGHTED INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--2.2%
2,950 Millicom International Cellular S.A. (a) $ 247,505
3,005 NII Holdings, Inc. (a) 246,861
-----------
494,366
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.5%
(Cost $21,605,547) (b) 22,397,146
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(0.5%) (99,373)
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 22,297,773
============
(a) Non-income producing security.
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(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess value over tax cost was $2,198,833 and the aggregate gross
unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of tax cost over value was $1,407,234.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 22
FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100-TECHNOLOGY SECTOR INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--100.4%
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT--14.9%
17,825 Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) $ 590,186
15,844 Juniper Networks, Inc. (a) 580,049
15,082 QUALCOMM, Inc. 637,365
6,905 Research In Motion Ltd. (a) 680,488
14,983 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ADR 596,323
55,333 Tellabs, Inc. (a) 526,770
------------
3,611,181
------------
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS--14.7%
4,231 Apple Computer, Inc. (a) 649,628
21,279 Dell, Inc. (a) 587,300
21,374 Logitech International S.A. (a) 631,602
20,658 Network Appliance, Inc. (a) 555,907
10,567 SanDisk Corp. (a) 582,242
100,394 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (a) 563,210
------------
3,569,889
------------
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS--2.4%
6,648 CDW Corp. (a) 579,706
------------
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES--10.0%
19,001 Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a) 545,899
1,100 Google, Inc., Class A (a) 623,997
17,568 VeriSign, Inc. (a) 592,744
24,178 Yahoo!, Inc. (a) 648,938
------------
2,411,578
------------
IT SERVICES--5.2%
8,378 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A (a) 668,313
12,275 Infosys Technologies Ltd. ADR 593,987
------------
1,262,300
------------
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT--28.4%
23,866 Altera Corp. 574,693
27,272 Applied Materials, Inc. 564,530
16,166 Broadcom Corp., Class A (a) 589,089
22,340 Intel Corp. 577,712
9,901 KLA-Tencor Corp. 552,278
10,869 Lam Research Corp. (a) 578,883
16,530 Linear Technology Corp. 578,385
34,285 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a) 561,245
19,166 Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 562,522
15,270 Microchip Technology, Inc. 554,606
16,578 NVIDIA Corp. (a) 600,787
21,897 Xilinx, Inc. 572,388
------------
6,867,118
------------
SOFTWARE--24.8%
13,106 Adobe Systems, Inc. (a) 572,208
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FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100-TECHNOLOGY SECTOR INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
SOFTWARE (CONTINUED)
12,315 Autodesk, Inc. (a) $ 615,381
44,961 BEA Systems, Inc. (a) 623,609
26,490 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a) 587,813
23,246 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a) 585,334
15,299 Citrix Systems, Inc. (a) 616,856
20,983 Intuit, Inc. (a) 635,784
19,815 Microsoft Corp. 583,750
28,018 Oracle Corp. (a) 606,590
29,549 Symantec Corp. (a) 572,660
------------
5,999,985
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.4%
(Cost $23,397,644) (b) 24,301,757
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(0.4%) (87,461)
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 24,214,296
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(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $2,023,426 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost over value was $1,119,313.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 24
FIRST TRUST AMEX(R) BIOTECHNOLOGY INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--100.1%
BIOTECHNOLOGY--80.7%
64,095 Amgen, Inc. (a) $ 3,625,854
82,703 Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 4,135,150
283,977 Applera Corp. - Celera Group (a) 3,992,717
65,592 Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) 4,350,717
61,591 Celgene Corp. (a) 4,392,055
43,982 Cephalon, Inc. (a) 3,213,325
47,457 Genentech, Inc. (a) 3,702,595
59,215 Genzyme Corp. (a) 3,668,961
90,729 Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a) 3,708,094
418,281 Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (a) 4,304,111
100,203 ImClone Systems, Inc. (a) 4,142,392
144,430 InterMune, Inc. (a) 2,762,946
341,947 Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 3,470,762
107,062 OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 3,639,037
138,931 PDL BioPharma, Inc. (a) 3,002,299
122,805 Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 4,716,941
------------
60,827,956
------------
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES--19.4%
142,184 Affymetrix, Inc. (a) 3,607,208
47,969 Invitrogen Corp. (a) 3,920,507
45,983 Millipore Corp. (a) 3,485,511
409,168 Nektar Therapeutics (a) 3,612,953
------------
14,626,179
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.1%
(Cost $74,737,431) (b) 75,454,135
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(0.1%) (84,178)
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 75,369,957
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(a) Non-income producing security.
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(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $3,365,585 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost over value was $2,648,881.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 25
FIRST TRUST DOW JONES INTERNET INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--100.0%
CAPITAL MARKETS--8.0%
239,419 E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a) $ 3,126,812
135,360 TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (a) 2,466,259
------------
5,593,071
------------
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES--3.2%
66,511 Monster Worldwide, Inc. (a) 2,265,365
------------
HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY--3.2%
31,024 Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a) 838,579
101,671 Hllth Corp. (a) 1,440,678
------------
2,279,257
------------
INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL--17.9%
77,616 Amazon.Com, Inc. (a) 7,229,930
10,877 Audible, Inc. (a) 141,401
111,873 IAC/InterActiveCorp (a) 3,319,272
7,325 Overstock.com, Inc. (a) 210,960
19,204 Priceline.com, Inc. (a) 1,704,355
------------
12,605,918
------------
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES--54.7%
92,033 Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a) 2,644,108
44,205 Ariba, Inc. (a) 476,530
71,579 Art Technology Group, Inc. (a) 216,169
24,325 Autobytel, Inc. (a) 79,300
258,833 CMGI, Inc. (a) 352,013
77,166 CNET Networks, Inc. (a) 574,887
19,173 DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (a) 802,965
22,492 Digital River, Inc. (a) 1,006,517
68,713 EarthLink, Inc. (a) 544,207
180,944 eBay, Inc. (a) 7,060,435
12,871 Google, Inc., Class A (a) 7,301,332
18,489 InfoSpace, Inc. 324,667
27,420 Internap Network Services Corp. (a) 388,541
22,059 Interwoven, Inc. (a) 313,900
27,444 j2 Global Communications, Inc. (a) 898,242
12,624 Jupitermedia Corp. (a) 79,910
55,778 RealNetworks, Inc. (a) 378,175
36,266 SonicWALL, Inc. (a) 316,602
37,228 United Online, Inc. 558,792
55,924 ValueClick, Inc. (a) 1,256,053
139,658 VeriSign, Inc. (a) 4,712,061
15,483 Vignette Corp. (a) 310,744
25,118 Websense, Inc. (a) 495,578
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FIRST TRUST DOW JONES INTERNET INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES (CONTINUED)
274,885 Yahoo!, Inc. (a) $ 7,377,912
------------
38,469,640
------------
IT SERVICES--3.2%
40,857 Checkfree Corp. (a) 1,901,484
45,581 Sapient Corp. (a) 305,849
------------
2,207,333
------------
SOFTWARE--9.8%
218,324 BEA Systems, Inc. (a) 3,028,154
100,428 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a) 2,528,777
30,891 Quest Software, Inc. (a) 530,090
111,813 TIBCO Software, Inc. (a) 826,298
------------
6,913,319
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.0%
(Cost $70,513,727) (b) 70,333,903
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--0.0% 23,383
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 70,357,286
============
(a) Non-income producing security.
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(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $6,848,357 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost over value was $7,028,181.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 27
FIRST TRUST DB STRATEGIC VALUE INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--100.2%
AUTOMOBILES--2.1%
21,649 Harley-Davidson, Inc. $ 1,000,400
------------
BIOTECHNOLOGY--5.1%
22,515 Amgen, Inc. (a) 1,273,674
17,601 Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) 1,167,474
------------
2,441,148
------------
CHEMICALS--2.5%
27,487 Dow Chemical (The) Co. 1,183,590
------------
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS--2.5%
9,956 International Business Machines Corp. 1,172,817
------------
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES--2.7%
32,912 Halliburton Co. 1,263,821
------------
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING--2.5%
27,385 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 1,195,355
------------
FOOD PRODUCTS--2.5%
35,324 Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 1,168,518
------------
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE--2.6%
25,368 Carnival Corp. 1,228,572
------------
MACHINERY--5.0%
22,258 Ingersoll-Rand Co., Ltd., Class A 1,212,393
13,788 PACCAR, Inc. 1,175,427
------------
2,387,820
------------
MEDIA--4.9%
55,054 News Corp., Class A 1,210,638
62,023 Time Warner, Inc. 1,138,742
------------
2,349,380
------------
METALS & MINING--2.6%
21,167 Nucor Corp. 1,258,801
------------
MULTILINE RETAIL--5.0%
17,737 J. C. Penney Co., Inc. 1,123,994
21,526 Kohl's Corp. (a) 1,234,085
------------
2,358,079
------------
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FIRST TRUST DB STRATEGIC VALUE INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS--23.4%
23,142 Anadarko Petroleum Corp. $ 1,243,883
14,565 Apache Corp. 1,311,724
13,168 Chevron Corp. 1,232,261
14,002 ConocoPhillips 1,228,956
16,563 EOG Resources, Inc. 1,198,002
13,384 Exxon Mobil Corp. 1,238,823
18,596 Hess Corp. 1,237,192
20,696 Marathon Oil Corp. 1,180,086
19,814 Occidental Petroleum Corp. 1,269,681
------------
11,140,608
------------
PHARMACEUTICALS--12.3%
20,383 Eli Lilly & Co. 1,160,404
18,991 Johnson & Johnson 1,247,709
23,202 Merck & Co., Inc. 1,199,311
47,563 Pfizer, Inc. 1,161,964
24,632 Wyeth 1,097,356
------------
5,866,744
------------
ROAD & RAIL--2.5%
23,229 Norfolk Southern Corp. 1,205,817
------------
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT--4.9%
54,899 Applied Materials, Inc. 1,136,409
32,482 Texas Instruments, Inc. 1,188,517
------------
2,324,926
------------
SOFTWARE--2.5%
40,505 Microsoft Corp. 1,193,277
------------
SPECIALTY RETAIL--9.5%
27,100 Best Buy Co., Inc. 1,247,143
33,248 Home Depot (The), Inc. 1,078,565
38,762 Lowe's Cos., Inc. 1,086,111
38,545 TJX (The) Cos., Inc. 1,120,503
------------
4,532,322
------------
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS--2.6%
20,986 NIKE, Inc., Class B 1,231,039
------------
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--2.5%
62,957 Sprint Nextel Corp. 1,196,183
------------
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FIRST TRUST DB STRATEGIC VALUE INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
VALUE
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.2%
(Cost $46,858,332) (b) 47,699,217
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(0.2%) (98,549)
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 47,600,668
============
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(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $2,302,256 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost cover value was $1,461,371.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 30
FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) EQUITY ALLOCATION INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--100.3%
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE--2.8%
579 Ceradyne, Inc. (a) $ 43,853
1,986 Northrop Grumman Corp. 154,908
2,803 Raytheon Co. 178,888
------------
377,649
------------
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS--1.4%
1,113 Forward Air Corp. 33,145
2,010 United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 150,951
------------
184,096
------------
AUTO COMPONENTS--0.7%
3,022 Gentex Corp. 64,792
1,185 Tenneco, Inc. (a) 36,747
------------
101,539
------------
AUTOMOBILES--2.5%
1,840 DaimlerChrysler AG 184,368
1,293 Toyota Motor Corp. ADR 151,100
------------
335,468
------------
BEVERAGES--1.8%
1,353 Hansen Natural Corp. (a) 76,688
2,270 PepsiCo, Inc. 166,300
------------
242,988
------------
BIOTECHNOLOGY--0.7%
1,275 LifeCell Corp. (a) 47,902
621 United Therapeutics Corp. (a) 41,321
------------
89,223
------------
CHEMICALS--2.2%
1,742 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 170,297
3,125 Hercules, Inc. 65,688
1,301 Sigma-Aldrich Corp. 63,411
------------
299,396
------------
COMMERCIAL BANKS--2.1%
3,416 Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 58,004
2,156 Old National Bancorp 35,725
2,185 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 148,798
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) EQUITY ALLOCATION INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
COMMERCIAL BANKS (CONTINUED)
1,653 Whitney Holding Corp. $ 43,606
-------------
286,133
-------------
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES--1.3%
704 Advisory Board (The) Co. (a) 41,163
4,869 Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (a) 62,080
1,143 HNI Corp. 41,148
714 United Stationers, Inc. (a) 39,641
-------------
184,032
-------------
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT--4.0%
11,574 3Com Corp. (a) 57,176
1,914 ADTRAN, Inc. 44,079
1,012 Dycom Industries, Inc. (a) 30,998
5,168 Nokia Oyj ADR 196,022
2,235 Research In Motion Ltd. (a) 220,259
-------------
548,534
-------------
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS--1.2%
1,369 International Business Machines Corp. 161,268
-------------
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING--0.9%
2,638 Crown Holdings, Inc. (a) 60,041
2,177 Sonoco Products Co. 65,702
-------------
125,743
-------------
DISTRIBUTORS--0.3%
1,287 LKQ Corp. (a) 44,800
-------------
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES--2.0%
2,690 Apollo Group, Inc., Class A (a) 161,804
926 Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a) 39,670
391 Strayer Education, Inc. 65,934
-------------
267,408
-------------
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES--1.0%
2,825 Moody's Corp. 142,380
-------------
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) EQUITY ALLOCATION INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--2.1%
1,470 CenturyTel, Inc. $ 67,943
8,861 Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (a) 43,773
18,460 Qwest Communications International, Inc. (a) 169,094
------------
280,810
------------
ELECTRIC UTILITIES--3.3%
967 ALLETE, Inc. 43,283
1,835 El Paso Electric Co. (a) 42,444
1,835 Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 39,838
1,519 Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 60,016
1,480 Portland General Electric Co. 41,144
6,180 Reliant Energy, Inc. (a) 158,207
2,475 Westar Energy, Inc. 60,786
------------
445,718
------------
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT--0.3%
868 Belden, Inc. 40,718
------------
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS--1.4%
1,454 Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a) 61,824
4,000 AVX Corp. 64,400
1,224 FLIR Systems, Inc. (a) 67,797
------------
194,021
------------
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES--10.7%
2,370 BJ Services Co. 62,924
543 Core Laboratories N.V. (a) 69,173
1,601 Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. 181,377
2,692 ENSCO International, Inc. 151,021
2,829 Global Industries Ltd. (a) 72,875
2,293 GlobalSantaFe Corp. 174,314
4,650 Halliburton Co. 178,560
1,955 Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 64,183
3,183 Noble Corp. 156,126
1,675 Schlumberger Ltd. 175,875
1,531 Transocean, Inc. (a) 173,080
------------
1,459,508
------------
FOOD PRODUCTS--1.7%
4,488 Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 148,463
1,997 Flowers Foods, Inc. 43,535
1,030 Lancaster Colony Corp. 39,315
------------
231,313
------------
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) EQUITY ALLOCATION INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
GAS UTILITIES--1.8%
2,219 Atmos Energy Corp. $ 62,842
856 Northwest Natural Gas Co. 39,119
1,174 South Jersey Industries, Inc. 40,855
2,600 UGI Corp. 67,549
1,243 WGL Holdings, Inc. 42,125
------------
252,490
------------
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES--1.2%
785 ArthroCare Corp. (a) 43,874
572 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a) 62,685
1,086 Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (a) 61,120
------------
167,679
------------
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES--3.1%
1,548 Garmin Ltd. 184,831
3,110 Leggett & Platt, Inc. 59,588
2,104 Tempur-Pedic International, Inc. 75,218
1,379 Tupperware Brands Corp. 43,425
654 Whirlpool Corp. 58,271
------------
421,333
------------
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES--1.2%
1,795 3M Co. 167,976
------------
INSURANCE--7.6%
934 Ambac Financial Group, Inc. 58,758
1,716 Assured Guaranty Ltd. 46,624
43 Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a) 169,935
643 Everest Re Group Ltd. 70,884
1,469 Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 64,915
3,488 Loews Corp. 168,645
1,616 MaxCapital Group Ltd. 45,313
624 RLI Corp. 35,393
981 Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. 68,994
3,052 Travelers (The) Cos., Inc. 153,638
2,053 XL Capital Ltd., Class A 162,598
------------
1,045,697
------------
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES--0.5%
763 Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (a) 65,549
------------
MACHINERY--7.8%
660 Actuant Corp., Class A 42,880
777 Astec Industries, Inc. (a) 44,639
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) EQUITY ALLOCATION INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
MACHINERY (CONTINUED)
1,290 Barnes Group, Inc. $ 41,177
1,056 CLARCOR, Inc. 36,126
3,051 CNH Global N.V. 185,317
1,352 Cummins, Inc. 172,906
1,080 Gardner Denver, Inc. (a) 42,120
1,470 Graco, Inc. 57,492
2,824 Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 168,423
1,286 Joy Global, Inc. 65,406
750 Kaydon Corp. 38,993
834 Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 64,727
1,085 Toro (The) Co. 63,831
494 Valmont Industries, Inc. 41,916
------------
1,065,953
------------
MEDIA--2.9%
6,073 Comcast Corp., Class A (a) 146,845
1,640 Harte-Hanks, Inc. 32,275
8,298 Time Warner, Inc. 152,352
2,329 Tribune Co. 63,628
------------
395,100
------------
METALS & MINING--5.7%
1,630 Alcan, Inc. 163,130
2,626 BHP Billiton Ltd. ADR 206,404
917 Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. 80,668
2,051 Fording Canadian Coal Trust 79,538
1,589 Southern Copper Corp. 196,766
1,964 Worthington Industries, Inc. 46,272
------------
772,778
------------
MULTILINE RETAIL--0.5%
2,374 Big Lots, Inc. (a) 70,840
------------
MULTI-UTILITIES--1.7%
1,666 Alliant Energy Corp. 63,841
1,912 NSTAR 66,557
1,978 OGE Energy Corp. 65,472
1,693 PNM Resources, Inc. 39,413
------------
235,283
------------
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS--7.7%
1,144 Berry Petroleum Co., Class A 45,291
2,272 Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 172,104
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) EQUITY ALLOCATION INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS (CONTINUED)
1,825 Exxon Mobil $ 168,922
1,717 Frontier Oil Corp. 71,496
1,439 Frontline Ltd. 69,475
1,059 Holly Corp. 63,360
3,585 Imperial Oil Ltd. 177,673
2,148 Massey Energy Co. 46,869
3,083 Petro-Canada 176,933
1,497 Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 67,335
------------
1,059,458
------------
PERSONAL PRODUCTS--0.5%
1,622 NBTY, Inc. (a) 65,853
------------
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS--1.2%
2,781 Archstone-Smith Trust 167,249
------------
ROAD & RAIL--2.1%
3,283 CSX Corp. 140,283
1,323 Union Pacific Corp. 149,578
------------
289,861
------------
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT--2.8%
7,062 Applied Materials, Inc. 146,183
2,824 Brooks Automation, Inc. (a) 40,214
1,503 FEI Co. (a) 47,239
4,350 Linear Technology Corp. 152,207
------------
385,843
------------
SOFTWARE--1.2%
2,823 SAP AG ADR 165,625
------------
SPECIALTY RETAIL--2.6%
1,923 Aeropostale, Inc. (a) 36,652
1,252 Barnes & Noble, Inc. 44,146
1,247 Guess?, Inc. 61,140
1,262 Men's Wearhouse (The), Inc. 63,756
2,231 Sherwin-Williams (The) Co. 146,600
------------
352,294
------------
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS--0.3%
433 Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a) 47,543
------------
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) EQUITY ALLOCATION INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
TOBACCO--1.5%
2,366 British American Tobacco PLC ADR $ 170,305
817 Universal Corp. 39,992
------------
210,297
------------
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS--0.8%
1,375 Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 42,391
714 W.W. Grainger, Inc. 65,110
------------
107,501
------------
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--1.2%
2,341 ALLTEL Corp. 163,121
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.3%
(Cost $12,577,078) (b) 13,718,068
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--0.3% (41,591)
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 13,676,477
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(a) Non-income producing security.
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(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $1,379,147 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost over value was $238,157.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 37
FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) DIVIDEND INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--99.9%
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE--0.5%
14,400 Northrop Grumman Corp. $ 1,123,200
------------
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS--0.5%
15,019 United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 1,127,927
------------
BEVERAGES--1.6%
22,684 Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc. 1,133,973
19,990 Coca-Cola (The) Co. 1,148,825
15,916 PepsiCo, Inc. 1,166,007
------------
3,448,805
------------
BUILDING PRODUCTS--0.5%
48,080 Masco Corp. 1,114,014
------------
CAPITAL MARKETS--1.1%
30,157 Federated Investors, Inc., Class B 1,197,233
15,390 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 1,096,999
------------
2,294,232
------------
CHEMICALS--1.1%
22,856 E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. 1,132,743
15,206 PPG Industries, Inc. 1,148,814
------------
2,281,557
------------
COMMERCIAL BANKS--16.0%
38,484 Associated Banc-Corp. 1,140,281
21,599 Bank of Hawaii Corp. 1,141,507
18,195 Bank of Montreal 1,191,408
22,000 Bank of Nova Scotia 1,155,000
27,870 BB&T Corp. 1,125,669
11,571 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1,156,406
16,082 City National Corp. 1,117,860
21,518 Comerica, Inc. 1,103,443
24,692 Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 1,133,116
22,847 Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 1,145,092
32,751 Fifth Third Bancorp 1,109,604
40,324 First Horizon National Corp. 1,075,038
32,569 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. 1,112,557
65,309 Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 1,108,947
10,763 M&T Bank Corp. 1,113,432
25,495 Marshall & Ilsley Corp. 1,115,916
44,510 National City Corp. 1,116,756
67,565 Old National Bancorp 1,119,552
16,276 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 1,108,396
37,708 Regions Financial Corp. 1,111,632
21,238 Royal Bank of Canada 1,179,134
14,779 SunTrust Banks, Inc. 1,118,327
40,770 Synovus Financial Corp. 1,143,599
15,330 Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1,175,504
34,439 U.S. Bancorp 1,120,301
22,499 Wachovia Corp. 1,128,325
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) DIVIDEND INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
COMMERCIAL BANKS (CONTINUED)
31,532 Wells Fargo & Co. $ 1,123,170
42,718 Whitney Holding Corp. 1,126,901
29,161 Wilmington Trust Corp. 1,134,363
16,187 Zions Bancorporation 1,111,561
------------
33,862,797
------------
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES--3.8%
20,098 Avery Dennison Corp. 1,145,988
16,301 Corporate Executive Board (The) Co. 1,210,186
30,702 HNI Corp. 1,105,272
25,158 Pitney Bowes, Inc. 1,142,676
32,049 R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. 1,171,711
35,250 Republic Services, Inc. 1,153,028
29,943 Waste Management, Inc. 1,130,049
------------
8,058,910
------------
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS--0.5%
24,757 Diebold, Inc. 1,124,463
------------
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS--0.6%
13,181 Vulcan Materials Co. 1,175,086
------------
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING--1.1%
38,446 Bemis Co., Inc. 1,119,163
37,104 Sonoco Products Co. 1,119,799
------------
2,238,962
------------
DISTRIBUTORS--0.5%
22,410 Genuine Parts Co. 1,120,500
------------
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES--1.1%
22,404 Bank of America Corp. 1,126,249
24,330 Citigroup, Inc. 1,135,481
------------
2,261,730
------------
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--1.7%
26,814 AT&T, Inc. 1,134,500
71,090 Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd. ADR 1,205,686
25,700 Verizon Communications, Inc. 1,137,996
------------
3,478,182
------------
ELECTRIC UTILITIES--8.0%
25,707 ALLETE, Inc. 1,150,645
60,660 Duke Energy Corp. 1,133,735
10,340 Entergy Corp. 1,119,719
14,508 Exelon Corp. 1,093,323
17,605 FirstEnergy Corp. 1,115,101
18,282 FPL Group, Inc. 1,113,008
39,669 Great Plains Energy, Inc. 1,142,864
53,119 Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 1,153,214
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) DIVIDEND INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
ELECTRIC UTILITIES (CONTINUED)
31,308 Otter Tail Corp. $ 1,116,130
28,479 Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 1,125,205
40,592 Portland General Electric Co. 1,128,458
22,959 PPL Corp. 1,063,002
23,818 Progress Energy, Inc. 1,115,873
30,755 Southern Co. 1,115,791
45,568 Westar Energy, Inc. 1,119,150
------------
16,805,218
------------
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT--1.1%
22,557 Emerson Electric Co. 1,200,483
20,997 Hubbell, Inc., Class B 1,199,349
------------
2,399,832
------------
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING--1.6%
32,948 Sysco Corp. 1,172,619
25,780 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 1,125,297
26,953 Weis Markets, Inc. 1,150,624
------------
3,448,540
------------
FOOD PRODUCTS--7.0%
24,474 Cadbury Schweppes PLC ADR 1,138,530
31,824 Campbell Soup Co. 1,177,488
44,132 ConAgra Foods, Inc. 1,153,169
19,590 General Mills, Inc. 1,136,416
24,846 H.J. Heinz Co. 1,147,885
24,556 Hershey (The) Co. 1,139,644
21,109 J.M. Smucker (The) Co. 1,127,643
20,342 Kellogg Co. 1,139,152
32,663 Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A 1,127,200
30,098 Lancaster Colony Corp. 1,148,841
31,002 McCormick & Co., Inc. 1,115,142
68,504 Sara Lee Corp. 1,143,332
35,214 Unilever PLC ADR 1,115,227
------------
14,809,669
------------
GAS UTILITIES--4.8%
28,379 AGL Resources, Inc. 1,124,376
40,035 Atmos Energy Corp. 1,133,791
24,960 National Fuel Gas Co. 1,168,378
23,138 New Jersey Resources Corp. 1,147,413
24,407 Northwest Natural Gas Co. 1,115,400
44,638 Piedmont Natural Gas Co. 1,119,967
31,867 South Jersey Industries, Inc. 1,108,972
43,211 UGI Corp. 1,122,622
33,815 WGL Holdings, Inc. 1,145,990
------------
10,186,909
------------
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) DIVIDEND INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES--1.1%
25,005 Arrow International, Inc. $ 1,137,477
20,081 Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. 1,104,857
------------
2,242,334
------------
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE--0.5%
20,629 McDonald's Corp. 1,123,662
------------
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES--1.6%
14,011 Fortune Brands, Inc. 1,141,756
58,588 Leggett & Platt, Inc. 1,122,546
23,450 Snap-on, Inc. 1,161,713
------------
3,426,015
------------
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS--2.2%
18,580 Clorox (The) Co. 1,133,194
16,274 Colgate-Palmolive Co. 1,160,662
16,277 Kimberly-Clark Corp. 1,143,622
16,241 Procter & Gamble (The) Co. 1,142,392
------------
4,579,870
------------
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & ENERGY TRADERS--0.5%
12,653 Constellation Energy Group 1,085,501
------------
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES--1.1%
12,344 3M Co. 1,155,151
27,757 General Electric Co. 1,149,140
------------
2,304,291
------------
INSURANCE--6.6%
20,463 Allstate (The) Corp. 1,170,279
38,594 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 1,118,068
22,051 Chubb (The) Corp. 1,182,816
26,639 Cincinnati Financial Corp. 1,153,735
19,014 Erie Indemnity Co., Class A 1,162,326
17,688 Lincoln National Corp. 1,166,877
28,093 Manulife Financial Corp. 1,159,117
21,319 Mercury General Corp. 1,149,734
61,246 Old Republic International Corp. 1,147,750
27,465 Protective Life Corp. 1,165,615
22,860 Travelers (The) Cos., Inc. 1,150,772
14,607 XL Capital Ltd., Class A 1,156,874
------------
13,883,963
------------
IT SERVICES--0.5%
24,700 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 1,134,471
------------
MACHINERY--0.6%
19,632 Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 1,170,852
------------
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) DIVIDEND INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
MEDIA--2.1%
25,430 Gannett Co., Inc. $ 1,111,291
56,093 McClatchy (The) Co., Class A 1,120,738
57,993 New York Times (The) Co., Class A 1,145,941
26,562 Thomson (The) Corp. 1,113,745
------------
4,491,715
------------
MULTI-UTILITIES--8.6%
29,685 Alliant Energy Corp. 1,137,529
21,382 Ameren Corp. 1,122,555
24,102 Consolidated Edison, Inc. 1,115,923
13,136 Dominion Resources, Inc. 1,107,365
42,246 Energy East Corp. 1,142,754
21,883 Integrys Energy Group, Inc. 1,121,066
42,067 MDU Resources Group, Inc. 1,171,145
33,238 NSTAR 1,157,015
33,715 OGE Energy Corp. 1,115,967
23,737 PG&E Corp. 1,134,629
51,189 PNM Resources, Inc. 1,191,679
29,455 SCANA Corp. 1,141,087
19,135 Sempra Energy 1,112,126
42,550 Vectren Corp. 1,161,190
25,116 Wisconsin Energy Corp. 1,130,973
51,888 Xcel Energy, Inc. 1,117,668
------------
18,180,671
------------
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS--3.2%
15,910 BP PLC ADR 1,103,359
12,013 Chevron Corp. 1,124,177
30,810 Enbridge, Inc. 1,129,803
13,541 Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR 1,112,799
13,886 Total SA ADR 1,125,183
31,269 TransCanada Corp. 1,144,757
------------
6,740,078
------------
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS--0.5%
31,853 International Paper Co. 1,142,567
------------
PHARMACEUTICALS--3.8%
21,052 Abbott Laboratories 1,128,808
39,379 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 1,134,903
19,707 Eli Lilly & Co. 1,121,920
21,132 GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR 1,124,222
17,389 Johnson & Johnson 1,142,457
46,427 Pfizer, Inc. 1,134,212
26,714 Sanofi-Aventis ADR 1,133,208
------------
7,919,730
------------
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS--8.5%
9,446 AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 1,115,195
19,971 BRE Properties, Inc. 1,116,978
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) DIVIDEND INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (CONTINUED)
33,444 Duke Realty Corp. $ 1,130,742
26,539 Equity Residential 1,124,192
12,746 Federal Realty Investment Trust 1,129,296
34,128 Health Care Property Investors, Inc. 1,132,026
24,408 Kimco Realty Corp. 1,103,486
28,732 Liberty Property Trust 1,155,313
27,405 Mack-Cali Realty Corp. 1,126,346
25,701 Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. 1,150,376
17,011 ProLogis 1,128,680
14,197 Public Storage 1,116,594
11,123 Simon Property Group, Inc. 1,112,300
45,949 United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. 1,117,480
34,190 Washington Real Estate Investment Trust 1,134,423
27,007 Weingarten Realty Investors 1,119,710
------------
18,013,137
------------
SPECIALTY RETAIL--1.1%
33,470 Home Depot (The), Inc. 1,085,767
17,535 Sherwin-Williams (The) Co. 1,152,225
------------
2,237,992
------------
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS--0.5%
13,631 VF Corp. 1,100,703
------------
THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE--2.7%
42,767 Astoria Financial Corp. 1,134,609
33,067 Capitol Federal Financial 1,130,891
19,059 Freddie Mac 1,124,672
43,941 Washington Federal, Inc. 1,153,891
31,824 Washington Mutual, Inc. 1,123,705
------------
5,667,768
------------
TOBACCO--1.1%
16,563 Altria Group, Inc. 1,151,625
22,930 Universal Corp. 1,122,424
------------
2,274,049
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--99.9%
(Cost $208,391,905) (a) 211,079,902
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--0.1% 236,814
------------
NET ASSETS - 100.0% $211,316,716
============
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(a) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $13,622,097 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost over value was $10,934,100.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 43
FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100 EX-TECHNOLOGY SECTOR INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--101.8%
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS--3.6%
735 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. $ 39,903
856 Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 40,489
------------
80,392
------------
AIRLINES--3.3%
873 Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR (a) 36,238
813 UAL Corp. (a) 37,829
------------
74,067
------------
BIOTECHNOLOGY--13.5%
689 Amgen, Inc. (a) 38,977
762 Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 38,100
567 Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) 37,609
540 Celgene Corp. (a) 38,507
490 Cephalon, Inc. (a) 35,799
580 Genzyme Corp. (a) 35,937
975 Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a) 39,849
920 Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 35,337
------------
300,115
------------
CHEMICALS--1.8%
847 Sigma-Aldrich Corp. 41,283
------------
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES--3.4%
1,020 Cintas Corp. 37,842
1,129 Monster Worldwide, Inc. (a) 38,454
------------
76,296
------------
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING--1.8%
313 Foster Wheeler Ltd. (a) 41,091
------------
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES--1.7%
628 Apollo Group, Inc., Class A (a) 37,774
------------
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--1.6%
7,869 Level 3 Communications, Inc. (a) 36,591
------------
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS--1.6%
3,116 Flextronics International Ltd. (a) 34,837
------------
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES--1.6%
1,624 Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 36,654
------------
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING--3.6%
634 Costco Wholesale Corp. 38,909
842 Whole Foods Market, Inc. 41,224
------------
80,133
------------
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FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100 EX-TECHNOLOGY SECTOR INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES--3.5%
926 DENTSPLY International, Inc. $ 38,559
169 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) 38,870
------------
77,429
------------
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES--3.4%
682 Express Scripts, Inc. (a) 38,069
972 Patterson Cos., Inc. (a) 37,529
------------
75,598
------------
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE--3.6%
1,359 Starbucks Corp. (a) 35,606
282 Wynn Resorts Ltd. (a) 44,432
------------
80,038
------------
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES--1.9%
348 Garmin Ltd. 41,551
------------
INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL--7.2%
430 Amazon.Com, Inc. (a) 40,055
1,283 Expedia, Inc. (a) 40,901
1,343 IAC/InterActiveCorp (a) 39,847
1,985 Liberty Media Corp. - Interactive, Class A (a) 38,132
------------
158,935
------------
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES--1.8%
1,023 eBay, Inc. (a) 39,917
------------
IT SERVICES--5.0%
802 CheckFree Corp. (a) 37,325
791 Fiserv, Inc. (a) 40,230
841 Paychex, Inc. 34,481
------------
112,036
------------
MACHINERY--3.6%
837 Joy Global, Inc. 42,569
446 PACCAR, Inc. 38,022
------------
80,591
------------
MEDIA--13.9%
1,457 Comcast Corp., Class A (a) 35,230
1,418 Discovery Holding Co., Class A (a) 40,909
897 EchoStar Communications Corp., Class A (a) 41,989
739 Lamar Advertising Co., Class A 36,189
912 Liberty Global, Inc., Class A (a) 37,410
11,221 Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. (a) 39,161
1,612 Virgin Media, Inc. 39,123
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FIRST TRUST NASDAQ-100 EX-TECHNOLOGY SECTOR INDEX(SM) FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
MEDIA (CONTINUED)
2,727 XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) $ 38,642
------------
308,653
------------
MULTILINE RETAIL--1.6%
283 Sears Holdings Corp. (a) 35,998
------------
PHARMACEUTICALS--3.3%
1,315 Sepracor, Inc. (a) 36,163
857 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR 38,110
------------
74,273
------------
SOFTWARE--3.5%
1,866 Activision, Inc. (a) 40,287
687 Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) 38,465
------------
78,752
------------
SPECIALTY RETAIL--6.5%
1,127 Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a) 38,453
1,120 PetSmart, Inc. 35,728
1,386 Ross Stores, Inc. 35,537
1,649 Staples, Inc. 35,437
------------
145,155
------------
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS--1.7%
852 Fastenal Co. 38,689
------------
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--3.8%
507 Millicom International Cellular S.A. (a) 42,538
516 NII Holdings, Inc. (a) 42,389
------------
84,927
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--101.8%
(Cost $2,345,338) (b) 2,271,775
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(1.8%) (39,677)
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 2,232,098
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(a) Non-income producing security.
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(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess value over tax cost was $99,131 and the aggregate gross
unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of tax cost over value was $172,694.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 46
FIRST TRUST NASDAQ(R) CLEAN EDGE(R) U.S. LIQUID SERIES INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--100.2%
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE--3.1%
32,915 Hexcel Corp. (a) $ 747,500
------------
AUTO COMPONENTS--0.8%
39,851 Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (a) 198,458
------------
BEVERAGES--0.3%
5,884 MGP Ingredients, Inc. 60,429
------------
BIOTECHNOLOGY--0.8%
7,719 Metabolix, Inc. (a) 187,263
------------
CHEMICALS--2.5%
24,393 Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (a) 80,009
11,679 Zoltek Cos., Inc. (a) 509,555
------------
589,564
------------
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT--33.4%
14,184 American Superconductor Corp. (a) 290,488
15,951 Baldor Electric Co. 637,242
9,541 Canadian Solar, Inc. (a) 90,067
50,560 Capstone Turbine Corp. (a) 60,672
17,126 China BAK Battery, Inc. (a) 133,240
13,861 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (a) 314,922
35,014 Evergreen Solar, Inc. (a) 312,675
17,797 First Solar, Inc. (a) 2,095,420
23,647 FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a) 211,404
36,263 GrafTech International Ltd. (a) 646,932
5,843 Hoku Scientific, Inc. (a) 56,560
5,999 JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ADR (a) 269,655
12,190 Medis Technologies Ltd. (a) 158,470
30,457 Plug Power, Inc. (a) 94,417
30,312 Power-One, Inc. (a) 154,591
12,368 SunPower Corp., Class A (a) 1,024,318
25,899 Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd., ADR (a) 1,033,370
10,332 Vicor Corp. 125,224
10,085 Yingli Green Energy Holding Co., Ltd. ADR (a) 262,916
------------
7,972,583
------------
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS--10.8%
59,782 AVX Corp. 962,490
6,784 Comverge, Inc. (a) 222,922
13,834 Echelon Corp. (a) 345,988
10,403 Itron, Inc. (a) 968,208
6,553 Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (a) 76,211
------------
2,575,819
------------
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES--0.9%
7,812 Greatbatch, Inc. (a) 207,721
------------
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FIRST TRUST NASDAQ(R) CLEAN EDGE(R) U.S. LIQUID SERIES INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & ENERGY TRADERS--2.6%
13,259 Ormat Technologies, Inc. $ 614,422
------------
IT SERVICES--1.0%
6,348 EnerNOC, Inc. (a) 242,367
------------
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS--4.3%
14,582 Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. (a) 154,132
38,253 Nova Biosource Fuels, Inc. (a) 107,491
14,112 Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (a) 135,757
27,563 US BioEnergy Corp. (a) 212,511
27,226 VeraSun Energy (a) 299,486
21,808 Verenium Corp. (a) 115,146
------------
1,024,523
------------
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT--39.7%
15,595 Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (a) 165,931
29,473 Cree, Inc. (a) 916,610
17,730 EMCORE Corp. (a) 170,208
43,207 Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a) 807,107
25,218 International Rectifier Corp. (a) 831,942
11,263 IXYS Corp. (a) 117,473
6,046 LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ADR (a) 416,569
52,441 Linear Technology Corp. 1,834,910
30,478 MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a) 1,793,935
26,649 Microsemi Corp. (a) 742,974
13,050 O2Micro International Ltd. ADR (a) 201,884
75,840 ON Semiconductor Corp. (a) 952,550
9,977 Power Integrations, Inc. (a) 296,417
3,901 Trina Solar Ltd. ADR (a) 222,240
------------
9,470,750
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.2%
(Cost $22,107,297) (b) 23,891,399
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(0.2%) (46,927)
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 23,844,472
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(a) Non-income producing security.
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(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $2,795,037 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost over value was $1,010,935.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 48
FIRST TRUST S&P REIT INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--102.6%
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS--102.6%
189 Acadia Realty Trust $ 5,128
45 Agree Realty Corp. 1,410
185 Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 17,808
586 AMB Property Corp. 35,049
138 American Campus Communities, Inc. 4,042
42 American Land Lease, Inc. 944
568 Apartment Investment & Management Co. 25,634
1,313 Archstone-Smith Trust 78,964
92 Associated Estates Realty Corp. 1,200
468 AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 55,252
384 BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. 9,254
699 Boston Properties, Inc. 72,626
510 Brandywine Realty Trust 12,908
298 BRE Properties, Inc. 16,667
329 Camden Property Trust 21,138
385 CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. 13,494
260 Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc. 3,541
276 Colonial Properties Trust 9,467
277 Corporate Office Properties Trust 11,532
219 Cousins Properties, Inc. 6,430
729 Developers Diversified Realty Corp. 40,729
556 DiamondRock Hospitality Co. 9,680
356 Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 14,023
845 Duke Realty Corp. 28,569
140 EastGroup Properties, Inc. 6,336
167 Education Realty Trust, Inc. 2,255
157 Entertainment Properties Trust 7,976
323 Equity Inns, Inc. 7,293
143 Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. 7,407
217 Equity One, Inc. 5,902
1,627 Equity Residential 68,920
148 Essex Property Trust, Inc. 17,400
381 Extra Space Storage, Inc. 5,864
331 Federal Realty Investment Trust 29,327
366 FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. 7,294
267 First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 10,378
142 First Potomac Realty Trust 3,096
1,441 General Growth Properties, Inc. 77,266
221 Glimcher Realty Trust 5,194
1,211 HCP, Inc. 40,169
475 Health Care REIT, Inc. 21,014
281 Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. 7,491
241 Hersha Hospitality Trust 2,386
335 Highwoods Properties, Inc. 12,284
197 Home Properties, Inc. 10,279
551 Hospitality Properties Trust 22,398
3,065 Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 68,779
1,244 HRPT Properties Trust 12,303
341 Inland Real Estate Corp. 5,282
288 Investors Real Estate Trust 3,110
753 iStar Financial, Inc. 25,594
192 Kilroy Realty Corp. 11,641
1,480 Kimco Realty Corp. 66,911
170 Kite Realty Group Trust 3,196
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FIRST TRUST S&P REIT INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (CONTINUED)
235 LaSalle Hotel Properties $ 9,889
376 Lexington Realty Trust 7,524
536 Liberty Property Trust 21,553
121 LTC Properties, Inc. 2,864
422 Macerich (The) Co. 36,959
399 Mack-Cali Realty Corp. 16,399
291 Medical Properties Trust, Inc. 3,876
150 Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 7,478
141 Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. 1,187
138 National Health Investors, Inc. 4,266
394 National Retail Properties, Inc. 9,606
534 Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. 16,089
47 One Liberty Properties, Inc. 914
93 Parkway Properties, Inc. 4,105
227 Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust 8,839
1,025 Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. 45,879
256 Post Properties, Inc. 9,907
229 Potlatch Corp. 10,312
1,508 ProLogis 100,056
94 PS Business Parks, Inc. 5,344
731 Public Storage 57,493
108 Ramco-Gershenson Properties 3,374
457 Rayonier, Inc. 21,954
593 Realty Income Corp. 16,574
408 Regency Centers Corp. 31,314
153 Republic Property Trust 2,245
63 Saul Centers, Inc. 3,245
491 Senior Housing Properties Trust 10,831
1,311 Simon Property Group, Inc. 131,099
349 SL Green Realty Corp. 40,753
127 Sovran Self Storage, Inc. 5,822
436 Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 8,977
94 Sun Communities, Inc. 2,828
351 Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. 9,000
102 Supertel Hospitality, Inc. 769
184 Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. 7,469
311 Taubman Centers, Inc. 17,027
721 Thornburg Mortgage, Inc. 9,265
791 UDR, Inc. 19,237
69 Universal Health Realty Income Trust 2,452
130 Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. 2,011
284 U-Store-It Trust 3,749
785 Vornado Realty Trust 85,840
274 Washington Real Estate Investment Trust 9,091
452 Weingarten Realty Investors 18,740
297 Winthrop Realty Trust, Inc. 1,999
------------
1,916,438
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FIRST TRUST S&P REIT INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED
MARKET
VALUE
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--102.6%
(Cost $2,098,567) (a) 1,916,438
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(2.6%) (48,351)
------------
NET ASSETS--100.00% $ 1,868,087
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(a) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $10,052 and the aggregate gross
unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of tax cost over value was $192,181.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 51
FIRST TRUST ISE WATER INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--100.3%
BUILDING PRODUCTS--2.5%
2,413 Ameron International Corp. $ 255,223
------------
CHEMICALS--11.5%
5,445 Arch Chemicals, Inc. 255,262
5,346 Ashland, Inc. 321,883
11,181 Calgon Carbon Corp. (a) 156,087
14,225 Nalco Holding Co. 421,770
------------
1,155,002
------------
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES--4.2%
4,453 Layne Christensen Co. (a) 247,052
8,500 Tetra Tech, Inc. (a) 179,520
------------
426,572
------------
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING--5.4%
9,683 Insituform Technologies, Inc., Class A (a) 147,472
10,495 Northwest Pipe Co. (a) 396,921
------------
544,393
------------
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT--6.1%
4,174 Franklin Electric Co., Inc. 171,593
6,789 Roper Industries, Inc. 444,680
------------
616,273
------------
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS--3.6%
3,927 Itron, Inc. (a) 365,486
------------
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES--4.1%
3,778 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a) 414,031
------------
MACHINERY--42.2%
4,251 Badger Meter, Inc. 136,245
6,479 Crane Co. 310,798
5,221 Danaher Corp. 431,828
9,546 Flow International Corp. (a) 84,196
5,581 Flowserve Corp. 425,160
11,965 Gorman-Rupp (The) Co. 396,759
8,872 IDEX Corp. 322,852
5,727 ITT Corp. 389,035
3,492 Lindsay Corp. 152,880
5,557 Mueller Industries, Inc. 200,830
18,050 Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class B 198,550
8,213 Pall Corp. 319,486
9,006 Pentair, Inc. 298,819
4,089 Valmont Industries, Inc. 346,952
7,530 Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A 231,171
------------
4,245,561
------------
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FIRST TRUST ISE WATER INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
MULTI-UTILITIES--4.0%
4,720 Veolia Environnement ADR $ 406,581
------------
WATER UTILITIES--16.7%
5,399 American States Water Co. 210,561
14,942 Aqua America, Inc. 338,885
5,228 California Water Service Group 201,226
9,733 Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado
de Sao Paulo ADR (a) 480,809
4,452 Consolidated Water Co., Ltd. 133,649
6,026 SJW Corp. 205,728
9,165 Southwest Water Co. 115,754
------------
1,686,612
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.3%
(Cost $9,603,939) (b) 10,115,734
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(0.3%) (34,402)
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 10,081,332
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(a) Non-income producing security.
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(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $730,333 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost over value was $218,538.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 53
FIRST TRUST ISE-REVERE NATURAL GAS INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--100.7%
GAS UTILITIES--10.4%
3,028 Energen Corp. $ 172,959
3,725 ONEOK, Inc. 176,565
3,411 Questar Corp. 179,180
------------
528,704
------------
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS--90.3%
2,077 Apache Corp. 187,055
3,363 Atlas America, Inc. 173,632
3,617 ATP Oil & Gas Corp. (a) 170,108
4,578 Bill Barrett Corp. (a) 180,419
4,841 Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 170,210
3,949 Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a) 177,152
5,043 Chesapeake Energy Corp. 177,816
18,519 Compton Petroleum Corp. (a) 172,967
2,799 EnCana Corp. (Canada) 173,118
3,852 Enerplus Resources Fund 181,814
2,388 EOG Resources, Inc. 172,724
4,702 EV Energy Partner LP (b) 168,285
5,346 GMX Resources, Inc. (a) 171,981
23,865 Ngas Resources, Inc. (a) 162,282
2,670 Noble Energy, Inc. 187,007
4,286 Penn Virginia Corp. 188,498
4,262 Petroleum Development Corp. (a) 189,020
3,909 Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 175,827
3,752 Quicksilver Resources, Inc. (a) 176,532
4,307 Range Resources Corp. 175,123
9,310 Rosetta Resources, Inc. (a) 170,745
4,066 Southwestern Energy Co. (a) 170,162
4,856 St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. 173,214
5,423 Statoil ASA ADR 183,948
9,637 Talisman Energy, Inc. 189,848
3,067 Ultra Petroleum Corp. (a) 190,276
------------
4,609,763
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.7%
(Cost $5,301,985) (c) 5,138,467
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(0.7%) (36,232)
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 5,102,235
============
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Master limited partnership ("MLP").
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(c) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $89,184 and the aggregate gross
unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of tax cost over value was $252,702.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 54
FIRST TRUST ISE CHINDIA INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--99.2%
CHEMICALS--0.7%
3,287 Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. ADR $ 266,740
------------
COMMERCIAL BANKS--10.2%
15,413 HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR 1,651,195
47,621 ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR 2,510,579
------------
4,161,774
------------
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT--1.1%
12,916 Comtech Group, Inc. (a) 235,200
17,696 Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. (a) 195,718
------------
430,918
------------
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING--0.6%
8,105 KHD Humboldt Wedag International Ltd. (a) 247,203
------------
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES--0.8%
4,796 New Oriental Education & Technology
Group, Inc. ADR (a) 319,222
------------
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATIONS--1.8%
4,246 China Netcom Group Corp., Ltd. ADR 222,915
3,783 China Telecom Corp., Ltd. ADR 289,362
9,886 Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. ADR 216,701
------------
728,978
------------
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT--3.8%
9,406 JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ADR (a) 422,800
24,697 Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. ADR (a) 326,000
20,105 Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. ADR (a) 802,190
------------
1,550,990
------------
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS--0.5%
17,640 Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. 221,911
------------
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES--1.7%
8,882 China Medical Technologies, Inc. ADR 380,061
7,539 Mindray Medical International Ltd. ADR 323,800
------------
703,861
------------
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE--2.0%
5,948 Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADR 308,106
7,138 Home Inns & Hotels Managment, Inc. ADR (a) 248,402
16,529 Melco PBL Entertainment Ltd. ADR (a) 272,729
------------
829,237
------------
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS &
ENERGY TRADERS--0.7%
5,272 Huaneng Power International, Inc. ADR 278,256
------------
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FIRST TRUST ISE CHINDIA INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
INSURANCE--5.6%
26,744 China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. ADR $ 2,305,868
------------
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES--5.2%
4,653 Baidu.com ADR (a) 1,347,742
11,946 NetEase.com, Inc. ADR (a) 201,887
5,594 SINA Corp. (a) 267,673
8,433 Sohu.com, Inc. (a) 318,008
------------
2,135,310
------------
IT SERVICES--15.5%
41,353 Infosys Technologies Ltd. ADR 2,001,072
23,613 Patni Computer Systems Ltd. ADR 551,364
87,235 Satyam Computer Services Ltd. ADR 2,258,513
79,216 Wipro Ltd. ADR 1,143,879
22,457 WNS Holdings Ltd. ADR (a) 386,260
------------
6,341,088
------------
MACHINERY--3.6%
77,392 Tata Motors Ltd. ADR 1,481,283
------------
MARINE--0.6%
7,389 Seaspan Corp. 243,098
------------
MEDIA--2.6%
14,511 Focus Media Holding Ltd. ADR (a) 841,928
28,086 Xinhua Finance Media Ltd. ADR (a) 215,139
------------
1,057,067
------------
METALS & MINING--6.5%
37,799 Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. ADR 2,647,064
------------
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS--19.3%
20,388 China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. ADR 2,509,966
11,957 CNOOC Ltd. ADR 1,990,004
16,565 PetroChina Co., Ltd. ADR 3,066,346
3,327 Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd. ADR 340,086
------------
7,906,402
------------
PERSONAL PRODUCTS--0.6%
22,726 American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc. (a) 253,395
------------
PHARMACEUTICALS--1.7%
41,544 Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. ADR 679,660
------------
ROAD & RAIL--0.6%
5,509 Guangshen Railway Co., Ltd. ADR 240,358
------------
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FIRST TRUST ISE CHINDIA INDEX FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT--1.2%
31,983 Semiconductor Manufacturing International
Corp. ADR (a) $ 191,578
5,278 Trina Solar Ltd. ADR (a) 300,688
------------
492,266
------------
SOFTWARE--1.6%
26,619 CDC Corp., Class A (a) 195,117
7,989 Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. ADR (a) 297,271
5,047 The9 Ltd. ADR (a) 174,071
------------
666,459
------------
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES--10.7%
47,610 China Mobile Ltd. ADR 3,905,925
15,100 China Unicom Ltd. ADR 314,684
6,831 Hutchison Telecommunications
International Ltd. ADR (a) 141,948
------------
4,362,557
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--99.2%
(Cost $35,027,524) (b) 40,550,965
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--0.8% 317,332
------------
NET ASSETS--100.0% $ 40,868,297
============
(a) Non-income producing security.
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(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess value over tax cost was $6,001,108 and the aggregate gross
unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of tax cost over value was $477,667.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 57
FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) 100 EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS--100.3%
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE--3.1%
45,796 Cubic Corp. $ 1,931,217
32,641 Honeywell International, Inc. 1,941,160
13,108 Precision Castparts Corp. 1,939,722
------------
5,812,099
------------
AUTO COMPONENTS--1.0%
75,583 Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. 1,844,225
------------
BEVERAGES--3.1%
33,402 Coca-Cola (The) Co. 1,919,613
35,074 Hansen Natural Corp. (a) 1,987,994
59,432 PepsiAmericas, Inc. 1,927,974
------------
5,835,581
------------
BIOTECHNOLOGY--2.0%
27,674 Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) 1,835,616
51,034 LifeCell Corp. (a) 1,917,348
------------
3,752,964
------------
CAPITAL MARKETS--1.0%
68,905 Janus Capital Group, Inc. 1,948,633
------------
CHEMICALS--3.1%
23,946 Monsanto Co. 2,053,130
50,493 Penford Corp. 1,903,586
18,789 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. 1,985,997
------------
5,942,713
------------
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES--3.0%
36,967 FTI Consulting, Inc. (a) 1,859,810
65,299 CDI Corp. 1,820,536
34,276 Stericycle, Inc. (a) 1,959,216
------------
5,639,562
------------
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT--6.1%
50,609 Ciena Corp. (a) 1,927,191
59,383 Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) 1,966,171
36,521 CommScope, Inc. (a) 1,834,815
78,660 Corning, Inc. 1,938,969
51,787 Nokia Oyj 1,964,281
20,043 Research In Motion Ltd. (a) 1,975,237
------------
11,606,664
------------
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS--3.1%
12,767 Apple Computer, Inc. (a) 1,960,245
92,341 EMC Corp. (a) 1,920,693
16,291 International Business Machines Corp. 1,919,080
------------
5,800,018
------------
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) 100 EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING--2.0%
13,389 Fluor Corp. $ 1,927,748
24,546 Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a) 1,855,187
------------
3,782,935
------------
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING--1.0%
47,372 Owens-Illinois, Inc. (a) 1,963,569
------------
DISTRIBUTORS--1.0%
54,416 LKQ Corp. (a) 1,894,221
------------
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES--3.1%
52,962 DeVry, Inc. 1,960,123
15,607 ITT Educational Services, Inc. (a) 1,899,216
11,514 Strayer Education, Inc. 1,941,606
------------
5,800,945
------------
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT--1.0%
27,813 Rockwell Automation, Inc. 1,933,282
------------
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS--5.1%
23,916 Anixter International, Inc. (a) 1,971,875
43,323 FARO Technologies, Inc. 1,912,710
35,301 FLIR Systems, Inc. (a) 1,955,322
20,475 Itron, Inc. (a) 1,905,608
56,121 National Instruments Corp. 1,926,634
------------
9,672,149
------------
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES--8.1%
20,394 Cameron International Corp. (a) 1,882,162
15,587 Core Laboratories N.V. (a) 1,985,629
16,594 Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. 1,879,934
37,693 Noble Corp. 1,848,842
50,920 Rowan Cos., Inc. 1,862,654
18,031 Schlumberger Ltd. 1,893,255
26,187 Smith International, Inc. 1,869,752
28,306 Weatherford International Ltd. (a) 1,901,597
------------
15,123,825
------------
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING--1.0%
41,381 Walgreen Co. 1,954,838
------------
FOOD PRODUCTS--1.0%
65,601 Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. (a) 1,886,029
------------
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES--5.1%
13,335 Alcon, Inc. 1,919,173
34,954 ArthroCare Corp. (a) 1,953,579
8,468 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) 1,947,640
33,374 Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (a) 1,878,289
42,457 St. Jude Medical, Inc. (a) 1,871,080
------------
9,569,761
------------
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) 100 EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES--3.1%
35,892 Aetna, Inc. $ 1,947,859
30,470 Chemed Corp. 1,894,015
35,532 Express Scripts, Inc. (a) 1,983,396
------------
5,825,270
------------
HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY--1.0%
80,186 Eclipsys Corp. (a) 1,869,938
------------
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES--3.0%
16,473 Garmin Ltd. 1,966,876
53,030 Tempur-Pedic International, Inc. 1,895,823
60,217 Tupperware Brands Corp. 1,896,233
------------
5,758,932
------------
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS--1.0%
17,111 Energizer Holdings, Inc. (a) 1,896,754
------------
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES--1.0%
34,616 McDermott International, Inc. (a) 1,872,033
------------
INSURANCE--2.0%
28,383 American International Group, Inc. 1,920,110
43,393 Aon Corp. 1,944,440
------------
3,864,550
------------
INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL--2.0%
20,434 Amazon.Com, Inc. (a) 1,903,427
21,620 Priceline.com, Inc. (a) 1,918,775
------------
3,822,202
------------
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES--2.1%
49,086 eBay, Inc. (a) 1,915,336
220,726 SkillSoft PLC ADR (a) 1,984,326
------------
3,899,662
------------
IT SERVICES--2.0%
34,562 Computer Sciences Corp. (a) 1,932,016
43,765 Paychex, Inc. 1,794,365
------------
3,726,381
------------
LEISURE EQUIPMENT & PRODUCTS--1.0%
119,791 Callaway Golf Co. 1,917,854
------------
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES--3.0%
34,338 Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a) 1,928,079
24,472 Covance, Inc. (a) 1,906,369
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FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) 100 EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------
COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES (CONTINUED)
22,874 Invitrogen Corp. (a) $ 1,869,492
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5,703,940
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MACHINERY--6.2%
30,750 Actuant Corp., Class A 1,997,828
62,092 Axsys Technologies, Inc. (a) 1,922,368
27,256 Bucyrus International, Inc., Class A 1,987,780
33,432 CNH Global N.V. 2,030,660
43,721 Manitowoc (The) Co., Inc. 1,935,966
20,742 Valmont Industries, Inc. 1,759,959
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11,634,561
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MEDIA--1.0%
75,520 Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B 1,875,917
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METALS & MINING--2.0%
24,926 BHP Billiton Ltd. ADR 1,959,184
15,303 Southern Copper Corp. 1,894,970
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3,854,154
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OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS--1.0%
56,392 Williams (The), Cos., Inc. 1,920,712
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PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS--1.0%
53,201 International Paper Co. 1,908,320
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PHARMACEUTICALS--3.0%
36,636 Merck & Co., Inc. 1,893,715
15,791 Novo Nordisk A/S 1,911,342
59,647 Schering-Plough Corp. 1,886,635
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5,691,692
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SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT--5.0%
33,667 KLA-Tencor Corp. 1,877,945
53,523 NVIDIA Corp. (a) 1,939,674
37,506 Sigma Designs, Inc. (a) 1,809,289
36,354 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (a) 1,945,666
108,395 ANADIGICS, Inc. (a) 1,959,782
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9,532,356
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SOFTWARE--2.0%
73,485 Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 1,900,322
86,894 Oracle Corp. (a) 1,881,255
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3,781,577
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See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 61
FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) 100 EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
MARKET
SHARES DESCRIPTION VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
SPECIALTY RETAIL--1.0%
33,704 GameStop Corp., Class A (a) $ 1,899,220
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TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS--1.0%
17,227 Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a) 1,891,525
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TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS--2.0%
62,130 Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 1,915,468
42,446 Fastenal Co. 1,927,473
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3,842,941
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.3%
(Cost $167,303,787) (b) 189,754,504
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--(0.3%) (539,039)
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NET ASSETS--100.0% $189,215,465
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(a) Non-income producing security.
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(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax and financial reporting
purposes. As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate gross
unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an
excess of value over tax cost was $23,446,730 and the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there
was an excess of tax cost over value was $996,013.
See Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Page 62
FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND
NOTES TO QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)
1. VALUATION AND INVESTMENT PRACTICES
A. PORTFOLIO VALUATION:
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund (the "Trust") is an open-end management
investment company that currently consists of seventeen funds: First Trust Dow
Jones Select MicroCap Index(SM) Fund, First Trust Morningstar(R) Dividend
Leaders(SM) Index Fund, First Trust IPOX-100 Index Fund, First Trust NASDAQ-100
Equal Weighted Index(SM) Fund, First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector
Index(SM) Fund, First Trust Amex(R) Biotechnology Index Fund, First Trust Dow
Jones Internet Index(SM) Fund, First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund, First
Trust Value Line(R) Equity Allocation Index Fund, First Trust Value Line(R)
Dividend Index Fund, First Trust NASDAQ 100 Ex-Technology Sector Index(SM) Fund,
First Trust NASDAQ(R) Clean Edge(R) U.S. Liquid Series Index Fund, First Trust
S&P REIT Index Fund, First Trust ISE Water Index Fund, First Trust ISE-Revere
Natural Gas Index Fund, First Trust ISE Chindia Index Fund, and the First Trust
Value Line(R) 100 Exchange-Traded Fund (each a "Fund" or collectively the
"Funds"). Each Fund's net asset value ("NAV") is determined daily, as of the
close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), normally 4:00
p.m. Eastern time, on each day the NYSE is open for trading. The NAV is computed
by dividing the value of all assets of the Fund (including accrued interest and
dividends), less all liabilities (including accrued expenses and dividends
declared but unpaid), by the total number of shares outstanding.
Each Fund's investments are valued at market value or, in the absence of market
value with respect to any portfolio securities, at fair value according to
procedures adopted by the Trust's Board of Trustees. Portfolio securities listed
on any exchange other than The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ(R)") are
valued at the last sale price on the business day as of which such value is
being determined. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are
valued at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices on such day.
Securities traded on the NASDAQ(R) are valued at the NASDAQ(R) Official Closing
Price as determined by NASDAQ(R). Portfolio securities traded on more than one
securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on the business day as of
which such value is being determined at the close of the exchange representing
the principal market for such securities. Portfolio securities traded in the
over-the-counter market, but excluding securities traded on the NASDAQ(R), are
valued at the closing bid prices. Short-term investments that mature in less
than 60 days are valued at amortized cost.
Certain securities may not be able to be priced by pre-established pricing
methods. Such securities may be valued by the Board of Trustees or its delegate
at fair value. These securities generally include, but are not limited to,
restricted securities (securities which may not be publicly sold without
registration under the Securities Act of 1933) for which a pricing service is
unable to provide a market price; securities whose trading has been formally
suspended; a security whose market price is not available from a pre-established
pricing source; a security with respect to which an event has occurred that is
likely to materially affect the value of the security after the market has
closed but before the calculation of a Fund's NAV or make it difficult or
impossible to obtain a reliable market quotation; and a security whose price, as
provided by the pricing service, does not reflect the security's "fair value."
As a general principle, the current "fair value" of a security would appear to
be the amount which the owner might reasonably expect to receive for the
security upon its current sale. The use of fair value prices by a Fund generally
results in the prices used by a Fund differing from the closing sale prices on
the applicable exchange and fair value prices may not reflect the actual value
of a security. A variety of factors may be considered in determining the fair
value of such securities.
Valuing a Fund's securities using fair value pricing will result in using prices
for the securities that may differ from current market valuations. Use of fair
value prices and certain current market valuations could result in a difference
between the prices used to calculate a Fund's NAV and the prices used by the
Index, which, in turn, could result in a difference between a Fund's performance
and the performance of the Index.
B. SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS:
Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Realized gains and
losses from securities transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Dow Jones, Dow Jones Internet Composite Index(SM) and Dow Jones Select MicroCap
Index(SM) are trademarks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and have been licensed for
use. The First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index(SM) Fund, based on the Dow
Jones Select MicroCap Index(SM) and the First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index(SM)
Fund based on the Dow Jones Internet Composite Index(SM) are not sponsored,
endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, and Dow Jones makes no representation
regarding the advisability of trading in the Funds.
Morningstar is a service mark of Morningstar, Inc. and has been licensed for
use. The First Trust Morningstar(R) Dividend Leaders(SM) Index Fund is not
sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by Morningstar, Inc., nor does
this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in
the Fund.
IPOX is a trademark of IPOX Schuster LLC. IPOX IPO Indexes and Derivatives
(patent pending).
NASDAQ, NASDAQ-100, NASDAQ-100 Index(R), NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index(SM),
NASDAQ-100 Equal-Weighted Index(SM), and NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech Sector Index(SM),
are trademarks of the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (which with its affiliates is
referred to as the Corporations) and are licensed for use by First Trust
Advisors L.P. The Funds have not been passed on by the Corporations as to their
legality or suitability. The Funds are not issued, endorsed, sold, or promoted
by the Corporations. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO WARRANTIES AND BEAR NO LIABILITY
WITH RESPECT TO THE FUND.
NASDAQ(R) and Clean Edge(R) are the registered trademarks (the "Marks") of The
Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("Nasdaq") and Clean Edge, Inc. ("Clean Edge")
respectively. Nasdaq and Clean Edge are, collectively with their affiliates, the
"Corporations." The Marks are licensed for use by First Trust Advisors L.P. The
Fund has not been passed on by the Corporations as to its legality or
suitability. The Fund is not issued, endorsed, sold, or promoted by the
Corporations. The Fund should not be construed in any way as investment advice
by the Corporations. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO WARRANTIES AND BEAR NO LIABILITY
WITH RESPECT TO THE FUND.
The Amex(R) Biotechnology Index(SM) is a trademark of the American Stock
Exchange LLC and is licensed for use by First Trust Advisors L.P. The Fund is
not sponsored or endorsed by the American Stock Exchange LLC. American Stock
Exchange LLC makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the
owners of the Fund or any member of the public regarding the advisability of
investing in the Fund or the ability of the Fund to track the performance of the
various sectors represented in the stock market. American Stock Exchange LLC has
no obligation to take the needs of the owners of the Fund into consideration in
determining, composing or calculating the Index. American Stock Exchange LLC is
not responsible for and has not participated in any determination or calculation
made with respect to issuance or redemption of the Fund.
"Deutsche Bank" and "Deutsche Bank CROCI(R) US+ Index" are service marks of
Deutsche Bank AG ("Deutsche Bank"). Deutsche Bank has no relationship to First
Trust or the First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund, other than the licensing
of the Index and its service marks for use in connection with the Fund.
"Value Line(R)", "Value Line(R) Equity Allocation Index", "Value Line(R)
Dividend Index" and "Value Line(R) 100 Index" are trademarks of Value Line(R),
Inc. and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by First Trust on
behalf of the Funds. The First Trust Value Line(R) Equity Allocation Index Fund
based on the Value Line(R) Equity Allocation Index, the First Trust Value
Line(R) Dividend Index Fund, based on the Value Line(R) Dividend Index and the
First Trust Value Line(R) 100 Exchange-Traded Fund, based on the Value Line(R)
100 Index, are not sponsored, endorsed, sold, or promoted by Value Line(R),
Inc., and Value Line(R) makes no representation regarding the advisability of
investing in the Fund.
Standard & Poor's(R), S&P(R) and S&P REIT Composite Index are registered
trademarks of Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
and have been licensed for use by First Trust Advisors L.P. The Fund is not
sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P and S&P makes no representation,
warranty or condition regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.
"International Securities Exchange(TM)", "ISE(TM)", "ISE Water Index(TM)", "ISE
ChIndia Index(TM)" and the ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index(TM)" are trademarks of
the International Securities Exchange(TM) and have been licensed for use for
certain purposes by First Trust Advisors L.P. Each Fund, based on its
corresponding index, is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the
International Securities Exchange(TM) and the International Securities
Exchange(TM) makes no representation regarding the advisability of trading in
such products.
ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
(a) The registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers, or
persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") (17 CFR
270.30a-3 (c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing
date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this
paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures
required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and
Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15 (b)).
(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR
270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter
that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.
Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant) First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
By: /s/ James A. Bowen
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James A. Bowen,
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
Date: November 27, 2007
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
By: /s/ James A. Bowen
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James A. Bowen,
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
Date: November 27, 2007
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By: /s/ Mark R. Bradley
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Mark R. Bradley,
Treasurer, Controller, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
(principal financial officer)
Date: November 27, 2007
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