First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Managed and First Trustconfluence Small is -0.04 (i.e., Good 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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Managed and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Managed and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  1.0CWAIX First Trust ManagedPairCorr
  0.7FTMAX Franklin TempletonPairCorr
  0.67FTMCX First Trust MultiPairCorr
  0.72FOVCX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.84FPEIX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.84FPEFX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.84FPECX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.85FPEAX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.84FPERX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.97VWITX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.98VWIUX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.98AFTEX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.98AFTFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.98TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.98TFEBX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.98FLTMX Fidelity IntermediatePairCorr
  0.98GSMUX Goldman Sachs DynamicPairCorr
  0.99GSMIX Goldman Sachs DynamicPairCorr
  0.9NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.73SRJYX Jpmorgan SmartretirementPairCorr
  0.66RYKIX Banking Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.65VSQRX Invesco Global ResponsPairCorr
  0.82NWAOX Nationwide Bny MellonPairCorr
  0.73AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.73FEHIX First Eagle HighPairCorr
  0.92PAANX Pimco All AssetPairCorr
  0.89PDEZX Prudential JennisonPairCorr
  0.77BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.86PTSAX Total ReturnPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Mutual Fund performing well and First Trust Mutual Fund 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
CWAIX  0.06  0.02 (0.39)(5.39) 0.00 
 0.19 
 0.59 
FTMAX  0.10  0.00 (0.33) 0.08  0.03 
 0.25 
 0.71 
FTMCX  0.10  0.00 (0.36) 0.05  0.04 
 0.25 
 0.66 
FDHIX  0.09  0.00 (0.46)(0.01) 0.00 
 0.17 
 0.78 
FDHCX  0.08 (0.01)(0.54)(0.08) 0.05 
 0.17 
 0.67 
FDHAX  0.09 (0.01)(0.48)(0.02) 0.00 
 0.17 
 0.78 
VARBX  0.10  0.04 (0.18) 2.21  0.00 
 0.10 
 2.72 
VARCX  0.10  0.03 (0.23) 0.90  0.00 
 0.10 
 2.75 
VARAX  0.10  0.03 (0.19) 1.19  0.00 
 0.10 
 2.68 
FOVIX  0.88  0.02  0.03  0.08  0.77 
 2.51 
 5.20