First Trust Correlations

AFLG Etf  USD 40.63  0.82  2.06%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Active and SPDR MSCI EAFE is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of First Trust is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Active and DJI is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Active and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust Active. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.96VTI Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.7SPY SPDR SP 500PairCorr
  0.7IVV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.97VIG Vanguard DividendPairCorr
  0.92VV Vanguard Large CapPairCorr
  0.96RSP Invesco SP 500 Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.94IWB iShares Russell 1000PairCorr
  0.9ESGU iShares ESG AwarePairCorr
  0.99DFAC Dimensional Core EquityPairCorr
  0.82OIH VanEck Oil ServicesPairCorr
  0.88WTMF WisdomTree ManagedPairCorr
  0.71TOT Advisor Managed PortPairCorr
  0.85BST BlackRock Science TechPairCorr
  0.61INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.66HD Home DepotPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.4MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr
  0.4HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.39MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr

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First Trust Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Etf performing well and First Trust ETF doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze First Trust's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
DFVX  0.55  0.04  0.03  0.14  0.54 
 1.18 
 3.04 
SIXA  0.46  0.15  0.13 (2.23) 0.25 
 1.10 
 2.47 
CFO  0.53  0.11  0.02 (0.64) 0.49 
 1.40 
 3.14 
CAOS  0.07  0.00 (0.74) 0.08  0.02 
 0.24 
 0.59 
ALLW  0.54  0.03 (0.01) 0.15  0.60 
 1.02 
 3.72 
DBJP  0.83  0.23  0.12 (0.96) 0.80 
 1.92 
 4.90 
NTSI  0.63  0.13  0.06 (2.23) 0.61 
 1.28 
 3.30 
AVSU  0.63  0.03  0.02  0.11  0.69 
 1.48 
 3.46 
FLSP  0.50  0.02 (0.07) 0.19  0.59 
 0.90 
 3.07 
EFAX  0.60  0.13  0.06 (3.72) 0.66 
 1.22 
 2.94