First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Preferred and Jpmorgan Diversified Fund is 0.2 (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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between First Trust Preferred and DJI is 0.91 (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 Preferred 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 Preferred. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in nation.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.82CWAIX First Trust ManagedPairCorr
  0.92FTMAX Franklin TempletonPairCorr
  0.91FTMCX First Trust MultiPairCorr
  0.84FDHIX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.81FDHCX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.83FDHAX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.78VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.77VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.77VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.76FOVIX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.85FOVCX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.76FOVAX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  1.0FPEIX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPEFX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPECX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPERX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.97CPXIX Cohen Steers PrfrdPairCorr
  0.97CPXAX Cohen Steers PreferdPairCorr
  0.98CPXCX Cohen Steers PrefrdPairCorr
  0.97CPRRX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.97CPXZX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.97CPXFX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.98NPSAX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.98NPSCX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.96PPSJX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.91NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.83JVARX Jpmorgan Value AdvantagePairCorr
  0.94CMBOX American Funds MultiPairCorr
  0.69AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.76LSGBX Loomis Sayles GlobalPairCorr
  0.81ERASX Eaton Vance AtlantaPairCorr
  0.85JASBX Janus Short TermPairCorr
  0.94FISEX Franklin Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.82GCTCX Goldman Sachs Tax Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.71ACAAX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.72WFSTX Specialized TechnologyPairCorr
  0.94JOHAX Johcm InternationalPairCorr
  0.93BGEPX Baillie Gifford EmergingPairCorr
  0.95FSBLX Federated Global AllPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Mutual Fund performing well and First Trust Mutual Fund 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.