First Trust Correlations

FSCS Etf   36.45  0.34  0.94%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust SMID and Matthews China Discovery is 0.06 (i.e., Significant 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 weak diversification

The correlation between First Trust SMID and DJI is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.91VO Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.8VXF Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.87IJH iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.93IWR iShares Russell MidPairCorr
  0.94MDY SPDR SP MIDCAPPairCorr
  0.93IVOO Vanguard SP MidPairCorr
  0.91JHMM John Hancock MultifactorPairCorr
  0.91BBMC JPMorgan BetaBuilders MidPairCorr
  0.81XMMO Invesco SP MidCapPairCorr
  0.74QQEW First Trust NASDAQPairCorr
  0.79HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.84VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.9DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.79AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.72INTC IntelPairCorr
  0.79XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.69CVX Chevron Corp Sell-off TrendPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.49FNGO MicroSectors FANG IndexPairCorr
  0.41FNGU MicroSectors FANG IndexPairCorr
  0.68BA BoeingPairCorr

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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   
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JPMA
AMETA
XOMUBER
JPMMETA
TMETA
  
High negative correlations   
XOMMETA
FMETA
MRKJPM
UBERMSFT
XOMA
CRMUBER

First Trust Competition 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
META  1.33  0.30  0.18  0.67  1.28 
 3.51 
 7.11 
MSFT  1.02 (0.05) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 2.20 
 10.31 
UBER  1.59 (0.18) 0.00 (0.31) 0.00 
 2.69 
 12.29 
F  1.32 (0.17) 0.00 (0.23) 0.00 
 2.57 
 7.37 
T  0.97  0.16  0.13  0.28  0.99 
 2.19 
 7.94 
A  1.13  0.12  0.09  0.18  1.10 
 2.92 
 5.70 
CRM  1.51  0.14  0.07  0.32  1.63 
 3.96 
 14.80 
JPM  0.79  0.21  0.21  0.36  0.73 
 1.92 
 5.01 
MRK  1.19 (0.22) 0.00 (0.76) 0.00 
 2.15 
 11.57 
XOM  0.85 (0.17) 0.00 (0.30) 0.00 
 1.71 
 5.08