First Trust Correlations

AFMC Etf  USD 36.48  0.49  1.36%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Active and SPDR MSCI Emerging is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak 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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between First Trust Active and DJI is 0.94 (i.e., Almost no 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 persons.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.95VO Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.93VXF Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.99IJH iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.98IWR iShares Russell MidPairCorr
  0.99MDY SPDR SP MIDCAPPairCorr
  0.96FV First Trust DorseyPairCorr
  0.99IVOO Vanguard SP MidPairCorr
  0.99JHMM John Hancock MultifactorPairCorr
  0.99BBMC JPMorgan BetaBuilders MidPairCorr
  0.95XMMO Invesco SP MidCapPairCorr
  0.71UPRO ProShares UltraPro SP500PairCorr
  0.93QTJA Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.82QTOC Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.92XTOC Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.96QTAP Innovator Growth 100PairCorr
  0.95XTJA Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.96XTAP Innovator Equity AccPairCorr
  0.81IBTI iShares iBonds DecPairCorr
  0.85OEFA ALPS ETF Trust Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.95DXIV Dimensional ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.95RCGE RockCreek Global EqualityPairCorr
  0.88WMT Walmart Common Stock Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.82MRK Merck Company Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.8JNJ Johnson Johnson Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.82DD Dupont De Nemours Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.78XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.94AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.74INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.88CAT CaterpillarPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.64T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.36MMM 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
SMDX  0.70  0.02  0.03  0.06  0.82 
 1.80 
 4.14 
CIL  0.48  0.09  0.13  0.19  0.43 
 1.02 
 2.46 
BKF  0.58 (0.04) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 1.17 
 3.92 
IFGL  0.47  0.04  0.04  0.12  0.61 
 0.98 
 2.66 
LSAT  0.57 (0.07) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 1.26 
 3.68 
RIET  0.64  0.02  0.00  0.07  0.74 
 1.43 
 3.47 
SLX  1.03  0.25  0.19  0.29  1.03 
 2.31 
 4.69 
STNC  0.63  0.01  0.01  0.05  0.73 
 1.48 
 3.02 
PBJ  0.63  0.08  0.07  0.28  0.63 
 1.48 
 2.91 
EEMX  0.70  0.08  0.08  0.15  0.66 
 1.63 
 3.44