First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Senior and BMO Long Corporate is -0.14 (i.e., Good diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as First Trust moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if First Trust Senior moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between First Trust Senior and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Senior and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.

The ability to find closely correlated positions to First Trust could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace First Trust when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back First Trust - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling First Trust Senior to buy it.

Moving against First Etf

0.57	ZAG	BMO Aggregate Bond	Pair Corr
0.55	XBB	iShares Canadian Universe	Pair Corr
0.51	TCLB	TD Canadian Long	Pair Corr
0.64	ZEO	BMO Equal Weight	Pair Corr
0.49	NXF	First Asset Energy	Pair Corr
0.39	CTMB	CI Target 2029	Pair Corr
0.32	TERM	Manulife Smart Short	Pair Corr
0.69	SHPD	SavvyShort Shopify ETF	Pair Corr
0.65	ZWU	BMO Covered Call	Pair Corr
0.56	VAB	Vanguard Canadian	Pair Corr
0.55	DXN	Dynamic Active Global	Pair Corr
0.5	XEG	iShares SPTSX Capped	Pair Corr
0.46	XDUH	iShares Core MSCI	Pair Corr

Related Correlations Analysis

	META	MSFT	UBER	F	T	A	CRM	JPM	MRK	XOM
META		-0.29	-0.34	0.39	0.14	-0.42	-0.06	0.36	0.36	0.35	META
MSFT	-0.29		0.82	-0.6	-0.77	0.76	0.87	0.08	-0.88	-0.93	MSFT
UBER	-0.34	0.82		-0.55	-0.65	0.82	0.65	-0.07	-0.8	-0.8	UBER
F	0.39	-0.6	-0.55		0.23	-0.5	-0.35	0.26	0.75	0.65	F
T	0.14	-0.77	-0.65	0.23		-0.55	-0.81	-0.16	0.59	0.68	T
A	-0.42	0.76	0.82	-0.5	-0.55		0.59	-0.01	-0.68	-0.81	A
CRM	-0.06	0.87	0.65	-0.35	-0.81	0.59		0.43	-0.69	-0.85	CRM
JPM	0.36	0.08	-0.07	0.26	-0.16	-0.01	0.43		0.2	-0.11	JPM
MRK	0.36	-0.88	-0.8	0.75	0.59	-0.68	-0.69	0.2		0.88	MRK
XOM	0.35	-0.93	-0.8	0.65	0.68	-0.81	-0.85	-0.11	0.88		XOM
	META	MSFT	UBER	F	T	A	CRM	JPM	MRK	XOM

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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

XOM	+ 0.88	MRK
CRM	+ 0.87	MSFT
UBER	+ 0.82	MSFT
A	+ 0.82	UBER
A	+ 0.76	MSFT
MRK	+ 0.75	F

High negative correlations

XOM	- 0.93	MSFT
MRK	- 0.88	MSFT
XOM	- 0.85	CRM
XOM	- 0.81	A
CRM	- 0.81	T
XOM	- 0.8	UBER

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 Deviation	Jensen Alpha	Sortino Ratio	Treynor Ratio	Semi Deviation	Expected Shortfall	Potential Upside	Value @Risk	Maximum Drawdown
META	1.50	0.07	0.03	0.16	1.44	(1.78)	3.43	(2.60)	13.69
MSFT	1.29	(0.39)	0.00	(1.03)	0.00	0.00	1.90	(2.74)	13.28
UBER	1.56	(0.35)	0.00	(0.63)	0.00	0.00	2.46	(3.82)	11.09
F	1.22	0.05	0.03	0.13	1.21	(1.46)	3.34	(2.30)	7.16
T	1.00	0.15	0.07	(19.14)	0.94	(1.16)	3.87	(1.76)	7.44
A	1.26	(0.35)	0.00	(0.21)	0.00	0.00	2.90	(2.72)	7.85
CRM	1.69	(0.47)	0.00	(0.39)	0.00	0.00	2.94	(4.75)	12.37
JPM	1.20	(0.06)	(0.02)	0.03	1.61	(1.29)	2.34	(2.63)	7.38
MRK	1.27	0.38	0.26	0.64	0.97	(1.50)	2.93	(1.98)	8.74
XOM	1.29	0.31	0.18	1.25	1.17	(1.46)	2.90	(2.44)	6.83

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