First Trust Correlations

FSCS Etf   37.37  0.21  0.57%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust SMID and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation is 0.71 (i.e., Poor 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 SMID and DJI is 0.95 (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 SMID 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 SMID. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in services.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.94VO Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.89VXF Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.98IJH iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.97IWR iShares Russell MidPairCorr
  0.98MDY SPDR SP MIDCAPPairCorr
  0.89FV First Trust DorseyPairCorr
  0.98IVOO Vanguard SP MidPairCorr
  0.97JHMM John Hancock MultifactorPairCorr
  0.97BBMC JPMorgan BetaBuilders MidPairCorr
  0.92XMMO Invesco SP MidCapPairCorr
  0.96WSML iShares MSCI WorldPairCorr
  0.91PULS PGIM Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.94CPSR Calamos SP 500PairCorr
  0.88UDI USCF ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.93GAPR First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.74GPT Intelligent Alpha Atlas Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.65DBA Invesco DB AgriculturePairCorr
  0.87LVHI Franklin InternationalPairCorr
  0.89CCNR CoreCommodity NaturalPairCorr
  0.97ESML iShares ESG AwarePairCorr
  0.93FIDU Fidelity MSCI IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.72DOGG First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.87CHPS Xtrackers SemiconductorPairCorr
  0.96NULV Nuveen ESG LargePairCorr
  0.91JANW AIM ETF ProductsPairCorr
  0.92UMAY Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.85PCEM Litman Gregory FundsPairCorr
  0.9FPXE First Trust IPOXPairCorr
  0.95PFFA Virtus InfraCap PreferredPairCorr
  0.93IQSZ Invesco Actively ManagedPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.79JEM 707 Cayman HoldingsPairCorr
  0.54SWIN Alps Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.71MPAY Exchange Traded ConceptsPairCorr

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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
VIMAX  0.62  0.00 (0.01) 0.06  0.77 
 1.38 
 3.92 
VMCPX  0.62  0.00 (0.01) 0.06  0.77 
 1.38 
 3.92 
VMCIX  0.62  0.00 (0.01) 0.06  0.77 
 1.37 
 3.92 
VTV  0.56  0.10  0.15  0.19  0.38 
 1.39 
 3.02 
VB  0.77  0.06  0.06  0.11  0.81 
 1.86 
 4.99 
VSCIX  0.78  0.06  0.06  0.11  0.78 
 1.87 
 4.91 
VEA  0.60  0.15  0.15  0.26  0.60 
 1.48 
 3.03 
VTMGX  0.64  0.15  0.15  0.27  0.56 
 1.62 
 3.85 
VTMNX  0.64  0.15  0.15  0.27  0.56 
 1.65 
 3.84 
VDADX  0.55  0.02  0.01  0.09  0.59 
 1.04 
 3.42