First Trust Correlations

FDT Etf  USD 84.70  0.33  0.39%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Developed and First Trust Emerging is 0.75 (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 Developed and DJI is 0.6 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Developed 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 Developed. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in small area income & poverty estimates.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.97EFV iShares MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.99FNDF Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
  0.75DOO BRP Inc Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.97VYMI Vanguard InternationalPairCorr
  0.95IDV iShares InternationalPairCorr
  0.96DFIV Dimensional InternationalPairCorr
  0.97IVLU iShares Edge MSCIPairCorr
  0.97RODM Hartford MultifactorPairCorr
  0.99PXF Invesco FTSE RAFIPairCorr
  0.88HDEF Xtrackers MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.94CPST Calamos ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.92ITDD iShares TrustPairCorr
  0.94HYLB Xtrackers USD HighPairCorr
  0.91SPUT Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.97FENI Fidelity Covington TrustPairCorr
  0.88SMH VanEck Semiconductor ETFPairCorr
  0.84FALN iShares Fallen AngelsPairCorr
  0.9PAPI Morgan Stanley ETFPairCorr
  0.92DBP Invesco DB PreciousPairCorr
  0.69NVMZ TrueShares StructuredPairCorr
  0.97DIHP Dimensional InternationalPairCorr
  0.71EKG First Trust NasdaqPairCorr
  0.93GQI Natixis ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.91XLI Industrial Select Sector Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.93USHY iShares Broad USDPairCorr
  0.94GAPR First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.91SGVT Schwab Strategic TrustPairCorr
  0.73PBDC Putnam ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.9SETM Sprott Energy TransitionPairCorr
  0.81VV Vanguard Large CapPairCorr
  0.93CEFZ RiverNorth Active IncomePairCorr
  0.69QTUM Defiance Quantum ETFPairCorr
  0.79SKOR FlexShares CreditPairCorr
  0.89PDBC Invesco Optimum YieldPairCorr
  0.77ARLU AIM ETF ProductsPairCorr
  0.83HDUS Lattice Strategies TrustPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.68MPAY Exchange Traded ConceptsPairCorr

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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
FEM  0.66  0.10  0.07  0.26  0.64 
 1.42 
 3.85 
FDD  0.57  0.11  0.10  0.28  0.42 
 1.27 
 3.30 
FYC  1.11  0.00  0.03  0.09  1.23 
 2.21 
 5.58 
JHEM  0.65  0.10  0.08  0.27  0.55 
 1.41 
 3.84 
IAT  0.92  0.08  0.07  0.16  1.13 
 2.25 
 5.39 
GSSC  0.84 (0.02) 0.00  0.07  0.97 
 1.82 
 4.23 
OSCV  0.55  0.00 (0.04) 0.08  0.56 
 1.26 
 3.01 
DOL  0.50  0.08  0.08  0.22  0.36 
 1.18 
 2.47 
IAK  0.68 (0.08) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.27 
 5.19 
BIDD  0.52  0.05  0.03  0.16  0.48 
 1.08 
 2.29