First Trust Correlations

FICS Etf  USD 41.96  0.28  0.67%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust International and Direxion Daily SP is 0.58 (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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between First Trust International and DJI is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no 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 services.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.93EFG iShares MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.97VIGI Vanguard InternationalPairCorr
  0.94IHDG WisdomTree InternationalPairCorr
  0.88GRIN VictoryShares InternationalPairCorr
  0.93CGXU Capital Group InternPairCorr
  0.89DNL WisdomTree GlobalPairCorr
  0.9FPXI First Trust InternationalPairCorr
  0.97IQDG WisdomTree InternationalPairCorr
  0.94PIZ Invesco DWA DevelopedPairCorr
  0.95IDHQ Invesco SP InternationalPairCorr
  0.93WSML iShares MSCI WorldPairCorr
  0.62BITI ProShares TrustPairCorr
  0.96PULS PGIM Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.95CPSR Calamos SP 500PairCorr
  0.95FNDC Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
  0.93FIDU Fidelity MSCI IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.95XTWO Bondbloxx ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.94UMAY Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.91EWT iShares MSCI TaiwanPairCorr
  0.64LITP Sprott Lithium MinersPairCorr
  0.79HCOW Amplify Cash FlowPairCorr
  0.94TAXT Northern Trust TaxPairCorr
  0.73SFLO VictoryShares Small CapPairCorr
  0.82LSEQ Harbor ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.77VTHR Vanguard Russell 3000PairCorr
  0.93TOCT Innovator Equity DefinedPairCorr
  0.93BSMS Invesco BulletShares 2028PairCorr
  0.81CTEX ProShares SP KenshoPairCorr
  0.83IBBQ Invesco Nasdaq BiotePairCorr
  0.89TLCI Touchstone ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.86EMES Harbor ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.92PFFA Virtus InfraCap PreferredPairCorr
  0.97JPIE JP Morgan ExchangePairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.92JEM 707 Cayman HoldingsPairCorr
  0.47SWIN Alps Symbol ChangePairCorr
  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  0.66  0.09  0.11  0.16  0.54 
 1.73 
 4.22 
FXZ  1.15  0.29  0.21  0.28  1.15 
 2.71 
 6.67 
EFAA  0.42  0.09  0.10  0.25  0.32 
 0.95 
 2.11 
DBAW  0.49  0.11  0.11  0.23  0.42 
 1.10 
 3.12 
MFUS  0.52  0.08  0.10  0.17  0.43 
 1.11 
 3.60 
SIO  0.17  0.02 (0.16) 0.26  0.15 
 0.35 
 1.96 
FUNL  0.60  0.07  0.08  0.16  0.56 
 1.39 
 3.89 
QVMS  0.81  0.16  0.12  1.42  0.63 
 2.54 
 5.01 
IQSI  0.60  0.16  0.11 (1.47) 0.53 
 1.25 
 3.41 
SPUU  1.09 (0.05)(0.01) 0.04  1.49 
 1.96 
 7.24