First Trust Correlations

FFA Etf  USD 21.92  0.10  0.45%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Enhanced and Flaherty and Crumrine is 0.51 (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

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Enhanced and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Enhanced 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 Enhanced. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in census.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.68FB ProShares Trust ProSharesPairCorr
  0.86TOT Advisor Managed PortPairCorr
  0.61GSX Tradr 2X LongPairCorr
  0.65QYLD Global X NASDAQPairCorr
  0.77BALT Innovator Defined WealthPairCorr
  0.77SCHF Schwab InternationalPairCorr
  0.69IDEC Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.81DECT AIM ETF ProductsPairCorr
  0.64LDRI iShares TrustPairCorr
  0.63MAPP Harbor ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.72GAPR First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.66ICOP iShares CopperPairCorr
  0.8SVIX 1x Short VIX Low VolatilityPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.78VXX iPath Series BPairCorr
  0.43IONZ Defiance Daily TargetPairCorr

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

UBERMSFT
XOMF
XOMMRK
MSFTMETA
MRKF
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High negative correlations

MRKUBER
MRKMSFT
XOMUBER
TF
XOMMSFT
CRMT

First Trust Competition 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
META  1.39 (0.22) 0.00 (0.19) 0.00 
 2.30 
 13.52 
MSFT  0.92 (0.17) 0.00 (0.25) 0.00 
 1.78 
 5.08 
UBER  1.45 (0.30) 0.00 (0.23) 0.00 
 2.60 
 10.51 
F  1.48  0.12  0.08  0.14  1.67 
 3.38 
 16.30 
T  0.96 (0.21) 0.00 (0.86) 0.00 
 1.61 
 5.75 
A  1.17  0.05  0.04  0.10  1.25 
 2.12 
 11.03 
CRM  1.51  0.06  0.03  0.13  1.97 
 3.66 
 9.91 
JPM  1.08 (0.02) 0.00  0.04  1.41 
 2.00 
 7.02 
MRK  1.32  0.33  0.25  0.46  1.03 
 3.84 
 11.45 
XOM  0.91  0.12  0.08  0.52  0.82 
 1.96 
 4.99