First Trust Correlations

FPEI Etf  USD 19.50  0.02  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Institutional and iShares MSCI Australia is 0.42 (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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between First Trust Institutional and DJI is 0.93 (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 Institutional 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 Institutional. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in discontinued.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.91PFF iShares PreferredPairCorr
  0.98FPE First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.75PGX Invesco Preferred ETFPairCorr
  0.92PFFD Global X PreferredPairCorr
  0.97VRP Invesco Variable RatePairCorr
  0.68PGF Invesco FinancialPairCorr
  0.69PSK SPDR ICE PreferredPairCorr
  0.96PFXF VanEck Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.95PFFA Virtus InfraCap PreferredPairCorr
  0.89SIXD AIM ETF ProductsPairCorr
  0.88VBK Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.84RDIV Invesco SP UltraPairCorr
  0.97AHYB American Century ETFPairCorr
  0.97BINC BlackRock ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.94AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.8INTC IntelPairCorr
  0.87WMT Walmart Common Stock Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.92DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.93BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.88MRK Merck Company Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.84JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.82XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Aggressive PushPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.9VXX iPath Series BPairCorr
  0.9VIXY ProShares VIX ShortPairCorr
  0.88VIXM ProShares VIX MidPairCorr
  0.88VXZ iPath Series BPairCorr
  0.45YCL ProShares Ultra YenPairCorr
  0.73MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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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
TIPX  0.11  0.00 (0.58) 0.02  0.08 
 0.21 
 0.58 
HYLS  0.13  0.00 (0.53) 0.08  0.00 
 0.29 
 0.61 
ZROZ  0.69 (0.11) 0.00 (0.30) 0.00 
 1.24 
 3.68 
BSVO  0.89  0.18  0.20  0.25  0.57 
 2.83 
 5.46 
FXU  0.58  0.02 (0.06) 0.18  0.79 
 1.11 
 3.28 
SMMD  0.84  0.07  0.08  0.15  0.78 
 1.89 
 3.74 
EQWL  0.52  0.03  0.01  0.13  0.51 
 1.06 
 2.76 
DFSU  0.62  0.03 (0.06) 1.23  0.78 
 1.41 
 3.59 
RPG  0.95  0.00  0.00  0.09  1.18 
 1.65 
 5.43 
EWA  0.77  0.09  0.07  0.23  0.83 
 1.51 
 4.60