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First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II as of 09/03/2010

NYSE / FHY

Asset Class: High Yield Funds

1 YR Lipper Avg: 24.54%

Growth of $10K
Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Avg Annual Total Return %
	10 YR	5 YR	1 YR	YTD
Market Return	--	--	24.34%	7.46%
Lipper Pct. Rank	--	--	88	88

NAV Return	--	--	19.93%	13.09%
Lipper Pct. Rank	--	--	88	25

Premium/Discount History
Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Premium/Discount
10 YR Avg	5 YR Avg	YTD Avg
--	--	-5.690%

NAV	$5.04	Market Price	$4.60
Net Change	$0.00	Market Change	-$0.01
Premium/Discount			-8.73%
1 YR NAV Return			19.929%
1 YR NAV Rank			88
12-Mo Yield as of 7/31/2010			Yield Def
Income Only Yield			22.79%
Distribution Yield (Market)			10.26%

Most Recent Income Dividend	$0.035
Ex-Div Date	8/2/2010
Most Recent Cap Gain Dividend	--
Ex-Div Date	--
Dividend Frequency	Monthly
YTD Dividends	$0.265
YTD Capital Gains	--

Inception Date	3/28/2006
Fund Advisor	First Trust Advisors LP
Manager & Tenure	Team Managed
Phone	800-621-1675
Website	www.ftportfolios.com
Annual Report	Free Download
Total Net Assets (mil) as of 8/31/2010		$48.2
% Leveraged Assets as of 10/31/2009		--
Portfolio Turnover		147.00%
Mgmt Fees		1.086%
Expense Ratio		1.770%

Fund Objective

The Fund seeks a high level of current income. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objectives by investing in a diversified portfolio of below-investment grade and investment grade debt securities, and equity securities offer attractive yield and/or capital appreciation potential.

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