First Trust Correlations

EMLP Etf  USD 38.00  0.23  0.60%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust North and First Trust NASDAQ is 0.36 (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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between First Trust North and DJI is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust North and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust North. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.69MLPX Global X MLPPairCorr
  0.77TPYP Tortoise Capital SeriesPairCorr
  0.71AMZA InfraCap MLP ETFPairCorr
  0.63ATMP Barclays ETN SelectPairCorr
  0.68ENFR Alerian Energy InfraPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.64PTIR GraniteShares 2x LongPairCorr
  0.47DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.36HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.34GE GE AerospacePairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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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
GRID  0.83 (0.02)(0.02) 0.05  1.15 
 1.69 
 4.11 
EAGL  0.64  0.05  0.00  0.26  0.83 
 1.40 
 3.49 
AAXJ  0.78  0.08  0.02  0.41  0.92 
 1.70 
 4.97 
FIXD  0.16  0.01 (0.31) 0.14  0.12 
 0.32 
 0.86 
GNR  0.80  0.07  0.06  0.16  0.84 
 1.63 
 4.32 
IMTM  0.61  0.04  0.03  0.12  0.65 
 1.26 
 2.46 
EWC  0.72  0.06  0.05  0.14  0.83 
 1.35 
 3.72 
LVHI  0.36  0.09  0.09  0.27  0.20 
 0.93 
 2.52 
CGDG  0.53  0.00 (0.03) 0.07  0.56 
 0.95 
 2.48 
ITB  1.04 (0.24) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 3.15 
 7.12