First Trust Correlations

FDHCX Fund  USD 18.08  0.01  0.06%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Short and First Trust Managed is 0.18 (i.e., Average 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

Good diversification

The correlation between First Trust Short and DJI is -0.05 (i.e., Good 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  1.0FDHIX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  1.0FDHAX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.78OOSYX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.78OOSIX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.85LFRIX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.85LARCX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.85LFRRX Lord Abbett InvPairCorr
  0.86LFRFX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.85LRRRX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.85LRRTX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.85LRRVX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.85LRRKX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.89GMDFX Gmo Emerging CountryPairCorr
  0.75SWPPX Schwab Sp 500PairCorr
  0.9CSOIX Credit Suisse StrategicPairCorr

Moving against First Mutual Fund

  0.64VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.61VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.6VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.44SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.4SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr

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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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FDHAXFDHIX
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VARCXVARBX
FOVCXFOVIX
VARAXVARBX
  
High negative correlations   
VARAXFDHAX
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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  0.16 (0.01)(0.28) 0.70  0.25 
 0.34 
 1.28 
FTMAX  0.16 (0.02)(0.32)(0.13) 0.27 
 0.29 
 1.69 
FDHIX  0.10  0.02 (0.43)(2.19) 0.00 
 0.44 
 1.00 
FDHCX  0.10  0.02 (0.50)(2.07) 0.00 
 0.39 
 0.89 
FDHAX  0.10  0.02 (0.51)(9.39) 0.00 
 0.39 
 0.95 
VARBX  0.11 (0.05) 0.00 (0.78) 0.00 
 0.09 
 3.49 
VARCX  0.11 (0.05) 0.00 (1.09) 0.00 
 0.10 
 3.60 
VARAX  0.11 (0.05) 0.00 (1.31) 0.00 
 0.10 
 3.56 
FOVIX  0.84 (0.11) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 1.65 
 7.45 
FOVCX  0.86 (0.13) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 1.65 
 8.59