First Trust Correlations

FNY Etf  USD 97.11  1.31  1.33%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Mid and American Century ETF is 0.84 (i.e., Very 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. 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 Mid 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 Mid 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 Mid. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in inflation.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.93IJK iShares SP MidPairCorr
  0.86JKH iShares Morningstar MidPairCorr
  0.86KOMP SPDR Kensho NewPairCorr
  0.93MDYG SPDR SP 400PairCorr
  0.96IMCG iShares Morningstar MidPairCorr
  0.93ARKQ ARK Autonomous Technology Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.79JPST JPMorgan Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.8FB ProShares Trust ProSharesPairCorr
  0.84TOT Advisor Managed PortPairCorr
  0.75GSX Tradr 2X LongPairCorr
  0.85FNK First Trust MidPairCorr
  0.87CFA VictoryShares 500PairCorr
  0.89URA Global X UraniumPairCorr
  0.84GMAY First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.89DIA SPDR Dow JonesPairCorr
  0.9FNDA Schwab Fundamental SmallPairCorr
  0.84HIYS Invesco High Yield Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.79SYLD Cambria Shareholder YieldPairCorr
  0.97VXF Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.78DWM WisdomTree InternationalPairCorr
  0.62USO United States OilPairCorr
  0.8GLD SPDR Gold Shares Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.84HEFA iShares Currency HedgedPairCorr
  0.88SLYV SPDR SP 600PairCorr
  0.84VSS Vanguard FTSE AllPairCorr
  0.82AVUV Avantis Small CapPairCorr
  0.83UEVM VictoryShares EmergingPairCorr
  0.71FMHI First Trust MunicipalPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.69VXX iPath Series B Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.41IND Xtrackers Nifty 500PairCorr
  0.4ARKW ARK Next GenerationPairCorr

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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
FEM  0.75  0.23  0.19  0.48  0.71 
 1.54 
 5.07 
FAD  0.86  0.05  0.06  0.13  0.84 
 1.61 
 5.54 
FYC  0.97  0.08  0.09  0.14  0.91 
 2.04 
 5.47 
NBOS  0.34  0.05  0.01  0.19  0.27 
 0.68 
 2.47 
FEP  0.62  0.21  0.23  0.39  0.39 
 1.66 
 3.84 
BRNY  0.67  0.00 (0.02) 0.08  0.82 
 1.24 
 3.65 
HAPI  0.54  0.01 (0.01) 0.09  0.63 
 1.24 
 3.37 
FDV  0.48  0.15  0.22  0.46  0.00 
 1.15 
 2.06 
BALI  0.43  0.04  0.00  0.15  0.42 
 0.87 
 2.78 
AVSU  0.59  0.04  0.04  0.12  0.62 
 1.39 
 3.68