First Trust Correlations

FPECX Fund  USD 20.53  0.02  0.1%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Preferred and First Trustconfluence Small is -0.12 (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 0.88 (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

  0.81CWAIX First Trust ManagedPairCorr
  0.93FTMAX Franklin TempletonPairCorr
  0.88FTMCX First Trust MultiPairCorr
  0.72FDHIX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.66FDHCX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.83FDHAX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.79VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.77VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.78VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.74FOVIX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.84FOVCX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.76FOVAX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.97FPEIX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.97FPEFX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.97FPEAX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.97FPERX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.94CPXIX Cohen Steers PrfrdPairCorr
  0.96CPXAX Cohen Steers PreferdPairCorr
  0.96CPXCX Cohen Steers PrefrdPairCorr
  0.94CPRRX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.96CPXFX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.96NPSAX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.96NPSCX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.95PPSJX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.88NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.83JVARX Jpmorgan Value AdvantagePairCorr
  0.9CMBOX American Funds MultiPairCorr
  0.75LSGBX Loomis Sayles GlobalPairCorr
  0.8ERASX Eaton Vance AtlantaPairCorr
  0.87JASBX Janus Short TermPairCorr
  0.94FISEX Franklin Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.78GCTCX Goldman Sachs TaxPairCorr
  0.68ACAAX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.69WFSTX Specialized TechnologyPairCorr
  0.94JOHAX Johcm InternationalPairCorr
  0.93BGEPX Baillie Gifford EmergingPairCorr
  0.92FSBLX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.91FIPFX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr

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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
CWAIX  0.06  0.00 (0.69) 0.00  0.00 
 0.19 
 0.59 
FTMAX  0.10  0.02 (0.48)(0.24) 0.00 
 0.25 
 0.71 
FTMCX  0.10  0.00 (0.54) 0.13  0.00 
 0.25 
 0.66 
FDHIX  0.09  0.00 (0.70) 0.04  0.00 
 0.17 
 0.78 
FDHCX  0.08  0.00 (0.83) 0.03  0.00 
 0.17 
 0.67 
FDHAX  0.09  0.00 (0.69) 1.30  0.00 
 0.17 
 0.78 
VARBX  0.10  0.04 (0.44) 2.59  0.00 
 0.10 
 2.72 
VARCX  0.10  0.03 (0.46) 1.11  0.00 
 0.10 
 2.75 
VARAX  0.10  0.04 (0.43)(1.81) 0.00 
 0.10 
 2.68 
FOVIX  0.86  0.01  0.02  0.11  0.71 
 2.51 
 5.20