First Trust Correlations

FDV Etf   30.26  0.08  0.27%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Capital and Xtrackers MSCI Japan is 0.13 (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

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Capital and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Capital 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 Capital. 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

  0.92VTV Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.89VYM Vanguard High DividendPairCorr
  0.91IWD iShares Russell 1000PairCorr
  0.94DGRO iShares Core DividendPairCorr
  0.89IVE iShares SP 500PairCorr
  0.86SPYV SPDR Portfolio SPPairCorr
  0.86IUSV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.94NOBL ProShares SP 500PairCorr
  0.9FNDX Schwab Fundamental Large Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.9VLUE iShares MSCI USA Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.88MUU Direxion Daily MUPairCorr
  0.88MULL GraniteShares 2x LongPairCorr
  0.94GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.93AGQ ProShares Ultra SilverPairCorr
  0.94JNUG Direxion Daily JuniorPairCorr
  0.83KORU Direxion Daily SouthPairCorr
  0.95NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.9SHNY Microsectors GoldPairCorr
  0.94GDMN WisdomTree Efficient GoldPairCorr
  0.95SLVR Sprott Silver MinersPairCorr
  0.9FLXR TCW ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.85AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.83BA Boeing Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.91XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.73INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.76DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.87JNJ Johnson Johnson Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.67PFE Pfizer Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.8HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.63T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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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
DGT  0.51  0.06  0.07  0.13  0.49 
 1.07 
 2.82 
GRPM  0.72 (0.03)(0.03) 0.02  0.85 
 2.07 
 3.63 
NTSI  0.57  0.09  0.06  0.61  0.58 
 1.22 
 3.30 
SIXA  0.46  0.04  0.03  0.12  0.42 
 1.00 
 2.45 
BRNY  0.68  0.04  0.04  0.10  0.83 
 1.58 
 3.60 
VFQY  0.63  0.00  0.00  0.05  0.74 
 1.53 
 3.88 
RSPG  1.05  0.16  0.09  0.43  1.13 
 2.32 
 5.76 
QINT  0.56  0.12  0.15  0.22  0.48 
 1.34 
 2.80 
FNY  0.97  0.05  0.01  0.29  1.21 
 1.92 
 5.08 
DBJP  0.73  0.10  0.08  0.17  0.86 
 1.85 
 4.90