First Trust Correlations

FFA Etf  USD 21.96  0.04  0.18%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Enhanced and Flaherty and Crumrine is 0.5 (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 poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Enhanced and DJI is 0.89 (i.e., Very 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 various price indices.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.61DHF BNY Mellon HighPairCorr
  0.77ARP Advisors Inner CirclePairCorr
  0.7PXMV Invesco SP MidCapPairCorr
  0.83IGA Voya Global AdvantagePairCorr
  0.74SEMI Columbia SeligmanPairCorr
  0.93PNOV Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.82VTV Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.76LJUL Innovator Premium IncomePairCorr
  0.88NIHI NEOS MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.93BSTP Innovator Buffer StepPairCorr
  0.74SPIB SPDR Barclays IntermPairCorr
  0.84IWD iShares Russell 1000PairCorr
  0.8DVXB WEBs Defined VolatilityPairCorr
  0.9QPX AdvisorShares Q DynamicPairCorr
  0.76BSJQ Invesco BulletShares 2026PairCorr
  0.86SPHQ Invesco SP 500PairCorr
  0.86FTBI First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.86FB ProShares Trust ProSharesPairCorr
  0.73WBIY Absolute Shares TrustPairCorr
  0.75QMID WisdomTree MidCap QualityPairCorr
  0.76TAXS Northern Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.86QTJA Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.79PBP Invesco SP 500PairCorr
  0.89DMXF iShares ESG AdvancedPairCorr
  0.66SGOL abrdn Physical GoldPairCorr
  0.76FJP First Trust JapanPairCorr
  0.61XHB SPDR SP HomebuildersPairCorr
  0.61BBP Virtus LifeSci Biotech Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.84PMAP PGIM SP 500PairCorr
  0.61NYM AB Active ETFsPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.56ENTR EntrepreneurSharesPairCorr

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 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  1.61 (0.08) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 3.43 
 11.42 
MSFT  1.23 (0.32) 0.00 (1.41) 0.00 
 1.85 
 13.28 
UBER  1.46 (0.30) 0.00 (0.36) 0.00 
 2.46 
 10.23 
F  1.24  0.05  0.04  0.08  1.23 
 3.38 
 7.16 
T  0.96  0.05  0.02  0.23  1.04 
 1.85 
 3.77 
A  1.19 (0.18) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 2.90 
 7.85 
CRM  1.54 (0.30) 0.00 (0.25) 0.00 
 2.94 
 12.37 
JPM  1.09 (0.03)(0.01) 0.01  1.67 
 1.88 
 7.38 
MRK  1.28  0.33  0.24  0.50  1.13 
 3.59 
 8.09 
XOM  1.08  0.31  0.23  3.83  0.95 
 2.38 
 5.82