First Trust Correlations

FICS Etf  USD 40.94  0.47  1.16%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust International and Direxion Daily SP is 0.22 (i.e., Modest 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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust International 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 International 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 International. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.83EFG iShares MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.94VIGI Vanguard InternationalPairCorr
  0.91IHDG WisdomTree InternationalPairCorr
  0.83GRIN VictoryShares InternationalPairCorr
  0.82CGXU Capital Group InternPairCorr
  0.85DNL WisdomTree GlobalPairCorr
  0.71FPXI First Trust InternationalPairCorr
  0.94IQDG WisdomTree InternationalPairCorr
  0.86PIZ Invesco DWA DevelopedPairCorr
  0.89IDHQ Invesco SP InternationalPairCorr
  0.94CPST Calamos ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.92ITDD iShares TrustPairCorr
  0.84GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.87FDRR Fidelity Dividend ETFPairCorr
  0.75FMF First Trust ManagedPairCorr
  0.89TAXT Northern Trust TaxPairCorr
  0.83AGQ ProShares Ultra SilverPairCorr
  0.72EUSB iShares TrustPairCorr
  0.93DISV Dimensional ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.91FLXR TCW ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.94DMAY First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.81HLAL Wahed FTSE USAPairCorr
  0.71KORU Direxion Daily SouthPairCorr
  0.86FNX First Trust MidPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.77MPAY Exchange Traded ConceptsPairCorr

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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
AVMC  0.65  0.07  0.06  0.38  0.68 
 1.69 
 3.59 
FXZ  1.08  0.17  0.13  0.17  1.11 
 2.43 
 4.43 
EFAA  0.44  0.09  0.11  2.08  0.40 
 0.95 
 2.80 
DBAW  0.49  0.11  0.11  1.22  0.52 
 1.10 
 3.25 
MFUS  0.52  0.06  0.05  0.54  0.58 
 1.08 
 2.85 
SIO  0.19  0.00 (0.11) 0.09  0.22 
 0.39 
 1.96 
FUNL  0.60  0.05  0.06  0.09  0.62 
 1.20 
 3.89 
QVMS  0.80  0.03  0.04  0.06  0.85 
 2.11 
 4.91 
IQSI  0.59  0.09  0.09  0.80  0.61 
 1.07 
 3.41 
SPUU  1.05 (0.04)(0.01) 0.01  1.65 
 1.96 
 7.03