First Trust Correlations

FPECX Fund  USD 20.64  0.01  0.05%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Preferred and Vivaldi Merger Arbitrage is -0.05 (i.e., Good 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 Preferred 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 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 services.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.86CWAAX First Trust ManagedPairCorr
  0.86CWAIX First Trust ManagedPairCorr
  0.91FTMAX Franklin TempletonPairCorr
  0.88FTMCX First Trust MultiPairCorr
  0.64FDHIX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.64FDHAX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.73VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.79FOVIX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.78FOVCX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.77FOVAX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.98FPEIX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPEFX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.98FPEAX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPERX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.98CPXAX Cohen Steers PreferdPairCorr
  0.98CPXCX Cohen Steers PrefrdPairCorr
  0.98CPXIX Cohen Steers PrfrdPairCorr
  0.98CPXZX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.99CPXFX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.99NPSAX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.98NPSCX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.98PPSJX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.93NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.77WSACX Wellington Shields AllPairCorr
  0.88FCWGX American Funds CapitalPairCorr
  0.86FPCIX Strategic AdvisersPairCorr
  0.95PASAX All Asset FundPairCorr
  0.77XKYNX Kayne Anderson MlpPairCorr
  0.83CCCCX Center St MlpPairCorr
  0.96SSTHX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.76JPBEX Jp Morgan CorePairCorr
  0.96RIGGX International Growth AndPairCorr
  0.81MSERX Massmutual Select SmallPairCorr
  0.93FIQFX Fidelity China RegionPairCorr
  0.92LAAFX Lord Abbett AffiliatedPairCorr
  0.94NWXHX Nationwide AmundiPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
CWAAX  0.06  0.02 (0.55) 4.05  0.00 
 0.19 
 0.59 
CWAIX  0.06  0.02 (0.49)(3.98) 0.00 
 0.19 
 0.59 
FTMAX  0.10  0.01 (0.38)(0.14) 0.03 
 0.25 
 0.71 
FTMCX  0.10  0.00 (0.43) 0.17  0.00 
 0.25 
 0.66 
FDHIX  0.09  0.00 (0.56) 0.31  0.00 
 0.17 
 0.78 
FDHCX  0.08 (0.01)(0.65)(0.35) 0.06 
 0.17 
 0.67 
FDHAX  0.09  0.00 (0.58)(0.13) 0.00 
 0.17 
 0.78 
VARBX  0.10  0.05 (0.20) 5.41  0.00 
 0.10 
 2.72 
VARCX  0.10  0.04 (0.29)(1.31) 0.00 
 0.10 
 2.75 
VARAX  0.11  0.05 (0.19)(1.69) 0.00 
 0.10 
 2.68