First Trust Correlations

FID Etf  USD 22.30  0.02  0.09%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Intl and Invesco DWA Emerging is 0.49 (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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Intl and DJI is 0.84 (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 Intl 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 Intl. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.99EFV iShares MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.99FNDF Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
  0.99VYMI Vanguard International Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.99IDV iShares International Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.98DFIV Dimensional InternationalPairCorr
  0.98IVLU iShares Edge MSCI Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.99RODM Hartford MultifactorPairCorr
  0.99PXF Invesco FTSE RAFIPairCorr
  0.98HDEF Xtrackers MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.97PID Invesco InternationalPairCorr
  0.94OIH VanEck Oil ServicesPairCorr
  0.69WTMF WisdomTree ManagedPairCorr
  0.84EWC iShares MSCI CanadaPairCorr
  0.65TOT Advisor Managed PortPairCorr
  0.61BST BlackRock Science TechPairCorr
  0.94QLV FlexShares Quality LowPairCorr
  0.8SIXJ AIM ETF ProductsPairCorr
  0.91NBCE Neuberger Berman ETFPairCorr
  0.92DOGG First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.84PFF iShares PreferredPairCorr
  0.85UMAY Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.83XYLD Global X SPPairCorr
  0.9NCPB Nuveen Core PlusPairCorr
  0.8JANW AIM ETF ProductsPairCorr
  0.8XAUG FT Cboe VestPairCorr
  0.95REGL ProShares SP MidCapPairCorr
  0.97CCNR CoreCommodity NaturalPairCorr
  0.94EMES Harbor ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.91IQSZ Invesco Actively ManagedPairCorr
  0.99FNDC Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
  0.95EURL Direxion Daily FTSEPairCorr
  0.95WLDR Affinity World LeadersPairCorr
  0.96PCEM Litman Gregory FundsPairCorr
  0.94DFSD Dimensional ETF TrustPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.76ARKW ARK Next GenerationPairCorr
  0.58HUM Humana IncPairCorr

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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
DEW  0.48  0.15  0.23  0.36  0.07 
 1.19 
 2.47 
FAB  0.69  0.15  0.20  0.24  0.41 
 2.09 
 3.76 
ECNS  0.73  0.01 (0.01) 0.08  0.92 
 1.89 
 4.20 
FTXN  1.18  0.25  0.15  0.71  1.11 
 2.72 
 5.39 
MBOX  0.58  0.08  0.10  0.17  0.50 
 1.19 
 3.69 
EMXF  0.59  0.11  0.10  0.25  0.58 
 1.38 
 3.61 
EWO  0.85  0.23  0.20  0.35  0.73 
 2.14 
 5.29 
LEGR  0.62  0.02  0.01  0.09  0.76 
 1.18 
 3.48 
TRTY  0.54  0.10  0.07  0.28  0.80 
 1.02 
 5.31 
PIE  0.82  0.12  0.08  0.27  0.95 
 1.94 
 5.79