First Trust Correlations

FBT Etf  USD 214.44  6.36  3.06%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust NYSE and First Trust NASDAQ 100 is 0.64 (i.e., 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. 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 NYSE and DJI is 0.64 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust NYSE 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 NYSE. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in bureau of labor statistics.

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  0.86IHI iShares Medical DevicesPairCorr
  0.95IXJ iShares Global HealthcarePairCorr
  0.96IYH iShares Healthcare ETFPairCorr
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  0.67VTV Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.89JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.66MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.79CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.8TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
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  0.92MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
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Moving against First Etf

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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
QQXT  0.53 (0.04)(0.09) 0.03  0.64 
 1.02 
 2.82 
ILCV  0.53  0.02  0.01  0.11  0.51 
 1.18 
 2.52 
CGIE  0.64  0.00 (0.02) 0.08  0.77 
 1.26 
 2.46 
LGLV  0.46 (0.04)(0.13) 0.02  0.55 
 0.94 
 2.36 
FVAL  0.58  0.01  0.01  0.10  0.77 
 1.27 
 2.99 
GPIX  0.49 (0.01)(0.04) 0.07  0.67 
 1.01 
 2.82 
OIH  1.43  0.19  0.10  0.24  1.74 
 3.94 
 9.53 
FTA  0.60  0.01 (0.01) 0.10  0.64 
 1.16 
 3.31 
FNX  0.87 (0.05)(0.02) 0.05  1.00 
 1.79 
 4.13 
HFXI  0.53  0.06  0.05  0.17  0.61 
 1.20 
 3.02