First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Preferred and Vivaldi Merger Arbitrage is -0.04 (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 0.82 (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 real.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

0.9	CWAAX	First Trust Managed	Pair Corr
0.91	CWAIX	First Trust Managed	Pair Corr
0.78	FTMAX	Franklin Templeton	Pair Corr
0.75	FTMCX	First Trust Multi	Pair Corr
0.71	VARBX	Vivaldi Merger Arbitrage	Pair Corr
0.67	VARCX	First Trust Merger	Pair Corr
0.69	VARAX	Vivaldi Merger Arbitrage	Pair Corr
0.77	FOVIX	First Trust/confluence	Pair Corr
0.76	FOVCX	First Trust/confluence	Pair Corr
0.77	FOVAX	First Trust/confluence	Pair Corr
1.0	FPEIX	First Trust Preferred	Pair Corr
1.0	FPEFX	First Trust Preferred	Pair Corr
0.98	FPECX	First Trust Preferred	Pair Corr
1.0	FPEAX	First Trust Preferred	Pair Corr
0.96	CPXIX	Cohen Steers Prfrd	Pair Corr
0.98	CPXAX	Cohen Steers Preferd	Pair Corr
0.98	CPXCX	Cohen Steers Prefrd	Pair Corr
0.96	CPRRX	Cohen Steers Preferred	Pair Corr
0.96	CPXZX	Cohen Steers Preferred	Pair Corr
0.96	CPXFX	Cohen Steers Preferred	Pair Corr
0.98	NPSAX	Nuveen Preferred Sec	Pair Corr
0.98	NPSCX	Nuveen Preferred Sec	Pair Corr
0.96	PPSJX	Preferred Securities	Pair Corr
0.91	LSHEX	Kinetics Spin Off Steady Growth	Pair Corr
0.9	EKWDX	Wells Fargo Advantage	Pair Corr
0.93	OEPIX	Oil Equipment Services	Pair Corr
0.93	OEPSX	Oil Equipment Services	Pair Corr
0.83	NAVFX	Sector Rotation	Pair Corr
0.91	LAMCX	Lord Abbett Calibrated	Pair Corr
0.93	CDOYX	Columbia Dividend	Pair Corr
0.67	PHLAX	Prudential Health	Pair Corr
0.96	OACIX	Oppenhemier Cnsrvtv	Pair Corr
0.64	VIPSX	Vanguard Inflation-protec	Pair Corr
0.81	FDSSX	Fidelity Stock Selector	Pair Corr
0.95	GBFAX	Emerging Markets	Pair Corr

Moving against First Mutual Fund

0.74

CISGX

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Pair Corr

Related Correlations Analysis

	CWAAX	CWAIX	FTMAX	FTMCX	FDHIX	FDHCX	FDHAX	VARBX	VARCX	VARAX
CWAAX		1.0	0.62	0.57	-0.08	-0.16	-0.02	0.48	0.46	0.48	CWAAX
CWAIX	1.0		0.63	0.57	-0.08	-0.16	-0.02	0.48	0.46	0.49	CWAIX
FTMAX	0.62	0.63		0.99	0.52	0.49	0.58	0.81	0.8	0.81	FTMAX
FTMCX	0.57	0.57	0.99		0.56	0.53	0.62	0.79	0.78	0.79	FTMCX
FDHIX	-0.08	-0.08	0.52	0.56		0.95	0.94	0.43	0.42	0.41	FDHIX
FDHCX	-0.16	-0.16	0.49	0.53	0.95		0.99	0.43	0.43	0.41	FDHCX
FDHAX	-0.02	-0.02	0.58	0.62	0.94	0.99		0.51	0.51	0.5	FDHAX
VARBX	0.48	0.48	0.81	0.79	0.43	0.43	0.51		0.96	0.96	VARBX
VARCX	0.46	0.46	0.8	0.78	0.42	0.43	0.51	0.96		1.0	VARCX
VARAX	0.48	0.49	0.81	0.79	0.41	0.41	0.5	0.96	1.0		VARAX
	CWAAX	CWAIX	FTMAX	FTMCX	FDHIX	FDHCX	FDHAX	VARBX	VARCX	VARAX

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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

CWAIX	+ 1.0	CWAAX
VARAX	+ 1.0	VARCX
FTMCX	+ 0.99	FTMAX
FDHAX	+ 0.99	FDHCX
VARCX	+ 0.96	VARBX
VARAX	+ 0.96	VARBX

High negative correlations

FDHCX	- 0.16	CWAIX
FDHCX	- 0.16	CWAAX
FDHIX	- 0.08	CWAIX
FDHIX	- 0.08	CWAAX
FDHAX	- 0.02	CWAIX
FDHAX	- 0.02	CWAAX

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 Deviation	Jensen Alpha	Sortino Ratio	Treynor Ratio	Semi Deviation	Expected Shortfall	Potential Upside	Value @Risk	Maximum Drawdown
CWAAX	0.06	0.02	(0.53)	1.87	0.00	(0.10)	0.19	(0.10)	0.59
CWAIX	0.06	0.02	(0.49)	1.66	0.00	(0.09)	0.19	(0.10)	0.59
FTMAX	0.11	0.01	(0.31)	0.44	0.11	(0.12)	0.25	(0.21)	0.96
FTMCX	0.11	0.01	(0.36)	0.31	0.09	(0.12)	0.25	(0.21)	0.86
FDHIX	0.09	(0.01)	(0.64)	(0.09)	0.08	(0.15)	0.17	(0.22)	0.78
FDHCX	0.08	(0.01)	(0.75)	0.95	0.07	(0.12)	0.17	(0.17)	0.67
FDHAX	0.09	0.00	(0.67)	1.24	0.05	(0.14)	0.17	(0.17)	0.78
VARBX	0.10	0.04	(0.32)	2.74	0.00	(0.22)	0.10	(0.09)	2.72
VARCX	0.10	0.04	(0.36)	(1.33)	0.00	(0.26)	0.10	(0.10)	2.75
VARAX	0.10	0.04	(0.30)	(1.11)	0.00	(0.25)	0.10	(0.10)	2.68

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