First Trust Correlations

FGD Etf  USD 32.88  0.52  1.61%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Dow and iShares Emerging Markets is 0.71 (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.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Dow and DJI is 0.87 (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 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

  0.97EFV iShares MSCI EAFE Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.97FNDF Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
  0.97VYMI Vanguard InternationalPairCorr
  0.98IDV iShares InternationalPairCorr
  0.99DFIV Dimensional InternationalPairCorr
  0.99IVLU iShares Edge MSCIPairCorr
  0.97RODM Hartford MultifactorPairCorr
  0.97PXF Invesco FTSE RAFIPairCorr
  0.96HDEF Xtrackers MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.94PID Invesco InternationalPairCorr
  0.86SIXD AIM ETF ProductsPairCorr
  0.89SPMD SPDR Russell SmallPairCorr
  0.93GSIG Goldman Sachs AccessPairCorr
  0.91GAPR First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.95BBEU JPMorgan BetaBuildersPairCorr
  0.95BINC BlackRock ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.74VBK Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9MART Allianzim Large CapPairCorr
  0.65BND Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.9AHYB American Century ETFPairCorr
  0.69SEIX Virtus ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.88RDIV Invesco SP UltraPairCorr
  0.93IBMR iShares TrustPairCorr
  0.85OASC OneAscent Small CapPairCorr
  0.89IAUM iShares Gold TrustPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.79VXX iPath Series BPairCorr
  0.79VIXY ProShares VIX ShortPairCorr
  0.77VIXM ProShares VIX MidPairCorr
  0.39PLTI REX ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.37YCL ProShares Ultra YenPairCorr
  0.77VXZ iPath Series BPairCorr

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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
EDIV  0.48  0.00  0.06  0.00  0.33 
 1.16 
 2.69 
SYLD  0.84  0.13  0.15  0.22  0.62 
 2.49 
 4.65 
FXH  0.72  0.04 (0.04) 0.28  0.69 
 1.89 
 4.18 
FYX  0.88  0.11  0.13  0.18  0.75 
 2.59 
 4.79 
ARGT  1.32 (0.05)(0.03) 0.04  1.55 
 3.48 
 7.69 
TOUS  0.63  0.13  0.14  0.26  0.53 
 1.48 
 2.88 
HAUZ  0.50  0.12  0.09  0.34  0.52 
 1.10 
 2.76 
KXI  0.54  0.16  0.21  0.68  0.00 
 1.38 
 2.65 
EIPI  0.52  0.15  0.13  1.07  0.28 
 1.26 
 2.83 
DVYE  0.58  0.18  0.12  3.13  0.52 
 1.24 
 4.30