First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Preferred and Vivaldi Merger Arbitrage is -0.07 (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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between First Trust Preferred and DJI is 0.9 (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 inflation.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.79CWAIX First Trust ManagedPairCorr
  0.92FTMAX Franklin TempletonPairCorr
  0.91FTMCX First Trust MultiPairCorr
  0.85FDHIX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.84FDHCX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.85FDHAX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.76VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.75VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.76VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.75FOVIX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.84FOVCX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.77FOVAX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  1.0FPEIX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPEFX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.97FPECX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.97FPEAX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.97CPXIX Cohen Steers PrfrdPairCorr
  0.96CPXAX Cohen Steers PreferdPairCorr
  0.97CPXCX Cohen Steers PrefrdPairCorr
  0.97CPRRX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.97CPXZX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.97CPXFX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.95NPSAX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.96NPSCX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.95PPSJX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.9NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.81JVARX Jpmorgan Value AdvantagePairCorr
  0.93CMBOX American Funds MultiPairCorr
  0.72AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.76LSGBX Loomis Sayles GlobalPairCorr
  0.8ERASX Eaton Vance AtlantaPairCorr
  0.85JASBX Janus Short TermPairCorr
  0.93FISEX Franklin Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.85GCTCX Goldman Sachs TaxPairCorr
  0.77ACAAX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.75WFSTX Specialized TechnologyPairCorr
  0.94JOHAX Johcm InternationalPairCorr
  0.91BGEPX Baillie Gifford EmergingPairCorr
  0.94FSBLX 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.