First Trust Correlations

FGD Etf  USD 32.44  0.06  0.18%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Dow and WisdomTree Earnings 500 is 0.55 (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 Dow and DJI is 0.72 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Dow 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 Dow. 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

  0.99EFV iShares MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.97FNDF Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
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  0.98IDV iShares InternationalPairCorr
  0.98DFIV Dimensional InternationalPairCorr
  0.98IVLU iShares Edge MSCIPairCorr
  0.99RODM Hartford MultifactorPairCorr
  0.99PXF Invesco FTSE RAFIPairCorr
  0.99HDEF Xtrackers MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.97PID Invesco InternationalPairCorr
  0.95OIH VanEck Oil ServicesPairCorr
  0.63WTMF WisdomTree ManagedPairCorr
  0.87EWC iShares MSCI CanadaPairCorr
  0.91UEVM VictoryShares EmergingPairCorr
  0.96STXV EA Series TrustPairCorr
  0.95ISTB iShares Core 1PairCorr
  0.81USO United States OilPairCorr
  0.71URA Global X UraniumPairCorr
  0.93AVMC American Century ETFPairCorr
  0.96DXJ WisdomTree Japan HedgedPairCorr
  0.94ILOW AB Active ETFsPairCorr
  0.81LQIG SPDR MarketAxess InvPairCorr
  0.94DES WisdomTree SmallCapPairCorr
  0.95CCNR CoreCommodity NaturalPairCorr
  0.94FIDU Fidelity MSCI IndustrialsPairCorr
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  0.95VDC Vanguard Consumer StaplesPairCorr
  0.94IOCT Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.95SEA US Global SeaPairCorr
  0.89IGEB iShares Edge InvestmentPairCorr
  0.61FUTS Future Science HoldingsPairCorr
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  0.93ARKW ARK Next Generation Low VolatilityPairCorr
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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
DHS  0.47  0.13  0.24  0.33  0.00 
 1.30 
 2.35 
EWP  0.91  0.08  0.05  0.13  1.34 
 1.86 
 7.56 
JEMA  0.84  0.15  0.11  0.21  1.17 
 1.96 
 7.93 
EWL  0.60  0.11  0.10  0.30  0.73 
 1.20 
 4.68 
XCEM  0.85  0.24  0.15 (2.61) 1.15 
 2.29 
 4.65 
GSEW  0.57  0.05  0.06  0.09  0.65 
 1.18 
 4.05 
DTD  0.42  0.06  0.08  0.13  0.45 
 0.78 
 3.17 
FRDM  1.02  0.27  0.16  0.34  1.43 
 2.25 
 9.12 
IYK  0.66  0.13  0.12 (2.00) 0.59 
 1.48 
 3.82 
EPS  0.51 (0.01)(0.03) 0.02  0.71 
 0.84 
 3.22