First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Short and Vivaldi Merger Arbitrage is 0.03 (i.e., Significant 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 Short and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Short 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 Short. 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 nation.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.79FTMAX Franklin TempletonPairCorr
  0.81FTMCX First Trust MultiPairCorr
  1.0FDHIX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.99FDHCX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.78VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.78VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.78VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.79FOVIX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.79FOVAX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.74FPEIX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.74FPEFX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.73FPECX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.73FPEAX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.74FPERX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.8OOSYX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.82OOSIX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.96LFRIX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.97LARCX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.97LFRRX Lord Abbett InvPairCorr
  0.96LFRFX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.97LRRRX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.96LRRTX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.96LRRVX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.95LRRKX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.66OPGSX Oppenheimer Gold Spec Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.67EKWAX Wells Fargo Advantage Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.66GOLDX Gabelli Gold Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.64FKRCX Franklin Gold PreciousPairCorr
  0.72UNWPX World Precious MineralsPairCorr
  0.69UJPIX Ultrajapan ProfundPairCorr
  0.65FSAGX Gold Portfolio Gold Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.67SGGDX First Eagle GoldPairCorr
  0.69PSPFX Global ResourcesPairCorr
  0.82RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr

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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.