First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust AlphaDEX and First Trust AlphaDEX is 0.32 (i.e., Weak diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as First Trust moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if First Trust AlphaDEX moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between First Trust AlphaDEX and DJI is 0.43 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust AlphaDEX and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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