First Trust Correlations

FEP Etf  USD 54.39  0.64  1.19%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Europe and First Trust Emerging is 0.66 (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

Average diversification

The correlation between First Trust Europe and DJI is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Europe 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 Europe. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in american community survey.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.8VGK Vanguard FTSE EuropePairCorr
  0.81EZU iShares MSCI EurozonePairCorr
  0.98BBEU JPMorgan BetaBuildersPairCorr
  0.81IEUR iShares Core MSCIPairCorr
  0.7FEZ SPDR EURO STOXXPairCorr
  0.98IEV iShares Europe ETFPairCorr
  0.86HEDJ WisdomTree Europe HedgedPairCorr
  0.8EUFN iShares MSCI EuropePairCorr
  0.95DBEU Xtrackers MSCI EuropePairCorr
  0.71HEZU iShares Currency HedgedPairCorr
  0.63FB ProShares Trust ProSharesPairCorr
  0.76SWP SWP Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.87DUKH Ocean Park HighPairCorr
  0.71AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.7JPM JPMorgan Chase Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.4PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.37HPQ HP IncPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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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High negative correlations

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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
FEMS  0.64 (0.01)(0.07) 0.03  0.91 
 1.33 
 3.56 
FXD  0.88  0.06  0.00  0.76  0.99 
 2.04 
 4.45 
FAD  1.05  0.05 (0.01)(2.69) 1.31 
 1.74 
 5.75 
FCG  1.28 (0.01) 0.00  0.12  0.00 
 2.71 
 6.65 
FJP  0.69  0.07  0.00  0.94  0.99 
 1.34 
 4.77 
FEM  0.75  0.07  0.00  0.75  1.00 
 1.62 
 4.97 
FXN  1.13  0.07 (0.01)(0.35) 1.60 
 2.31 
 6.13 
DGRS  0.79 (0.06)(0.05) 0.02  0.95 
 2.30 
 4.65 
CDL  0.48  0.00 (0.11) 0.04  0.60 
 0.97 
 2.60 
SFLO  0.78  0.04 (0.02) 0.97  1.02 
 2.01 
 4.14