First Trust Correlations

FDNI Etf  USD 31.33  0.32  1.03%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Dow and American Beacon Select is 0.59 (i.e., Very 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.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between First Trust Dow and DJI is -0.25 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Dow 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 Dow. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in state.

Moving together with First Etf

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Moving against First Etf

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  0.43SFGRX Seafarer OverseasPairCorr
  0.4DGS WisdomTree EmergingPairCorr
  0.33CPST Calamos ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.31FNDE Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
  0.77JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.76KO Coca ColaPairCorr
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  0.64PFE Pfizer IncPairCorr
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  0.54PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.52T ATT Inc Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.34INTC IntelPairCorr

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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
VMAX  0.70  0.05  0.05  0.13  0.69 
 1.40 
 3.01 
SURE  0.67  0.06  0.08  0.15  0.58 
 1.83 
 4.06 
AFSM  0.82  0.05  0.06  0.12  0.78 
 1.99 
 4.41 
FLGR  0.70  0.03  0.01  0.12  0.86 
 1.35 
 3.57 
DEEF  0.55  0.13  0.15  0.31  0.37 
 1.38 
 2.82 
ARP  0.68  0.08  0.04  0.20  1.01 
 1.56 
 6.66 
DVYA  0.61  0.16  0.14  0.36  0.50 
 1.29 
 4.23 
AADR  0.96  0.07  0.05  0.16  1.23 
 2.40 
 6.43 
HQGO  0.70 (0.08) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.34 
 4.24 
AHLT  1.04  0.14  0.09  0.21  1.35 
 2.21 
 7.15