First Trust Correlations

FSMB Etf  USD 20.02  0.01  0.05%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Short and American Century Diversified is 0.26 (i.e., Modest 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.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between First Trust Short and DJI is -0.12 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Short 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 Short. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in industry.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.81SUB iShares Short TermPairCorr
  0.92JMST JPMorgan Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.92MEAR iShares Short MaturityPairCorr
  0.96FUMB First Trust UltraPairCorr
  0.61PVI Invesco VRDO TaxPairCorr
  0.83TAFI Ab Tax AwarePairCorr
  0.78FNGU MicroSectors FANG Index Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.78MLPR ETRACS Quarterly PayPairCorr
  0.69DGP DB Gold DoublePairCorr
  0.71IUS Invesco RAFI StrategicPairCorr
  0.74CGIC Capital Group InternPairCorr
  0.82DIVD Altrius Global DividendPairCorr
  0.72FJAN First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.68CPSJ Calamos ETF TrustPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.35DFEN Direxion Daily AerospacePairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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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DFCAMUST
MUSTTAXF
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High negative correlations

SDSELM
SDSMUST
USDXSDS
SDSTAXF
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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
TAXF  0.09  0.01 (0.51) 0.57  0.00 
 0.26 
 0.58 
MUST  0.21  0.00 (0.20) 0.09  0.24 
 0.44 
 1.85 
DFCA  0.07  0.01 (0.63) 1.58  0.00 
 0.18 
 0.42 
SCEC  0.14  0.00 (0.34) 0.13  0.11 
 0.28 
 0.87 
ELM  0.46 (0.01)(0.05) 0.06  0.60 
 0.94 
 4.44 
JNUG  4.36  0.63  0.11  0.35  5.84 
 9.85 
 31.48 
SIXH  0.35  0.01 (0.10) 0.09  0.36 
 0.83 
 2.04 
SDS  1.15  0.03  0.00  0.06  0.00 
 2.40 
 8.59 
USDX  0.05  0.00 (0.69) 0.00  0.00 
 0.16 
 0.36 
IBND  0.26 (0.02) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 0.51 
 1.29