First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Managed and Rbc Emerging Markets is 0.33 (i.e., 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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between First Trust Managed and DJI is 0.39 (i.e., Weak 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.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust Managed. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.86VWITX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.65VWIUX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.88AFTEX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.9AFTFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.94TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.86TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.88TFEBX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.88FLTMX Fidelity IntermediatePairCorr
  0.91GSMUX Goldman Sachs DynamicPairCorr
  0.88GSMIX Goldman Sachs DynamicPairCorr
  0.62FSMMX Fs Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.69BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.68BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.68MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr
  0.67CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.7MHESX Mh Elite SelectPairCorr
  0.71ISWSX Voya Solution IncomePairCorr
  0.63HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.72BA Boeing Earnings Call TodayPairCorr

Moving against First Mutual Fund

  0.53CSCO Cisco Systems Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.39VZ Verizon Communications Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.33IBM International Business Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.31T ATT Inc Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr

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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.