First Trust Correlations

FTA Etf  USD 86.91  0.76  0.88%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Large and First Trust Mid is 0.84 (i.e., Very 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.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Large and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Large 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 Large. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in persons.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.97VOE Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.79SDY SPDR SP DividendPairCorr
  0.89DVY iShares Select DividendPairCorr
  0.92IWS iShares Russell MidPairCorr
  0.83FVD First Trust ValuePairCorr
  0.68SPYD SPDR Portfolio SPPairCorr
  0.96COWZ Pacer Cash CowsPairCorr
  0.87DON WisdomTree MidCapPairCorr
  0.98RPV Invesco SP 500PairCorr
  0.86QTJA Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.67QTOC Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.83XTOC Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.9QTAP Innovator Growth 100PairCorr
  0.89XTJA Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.92XTAP Innovator Equity AccPairCorr
  0.8DDFO Innovator Equity DualPairCorr
  0.87AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.85MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
  0.82WMT Walmart Common Stock Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.72AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.69XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.71MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.73JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.72DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.63MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr
  0.6PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.51HD Home DepotPairCorr

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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
FNX  0.84 (0.04)(0.02) 0.02  1.04 
 1.79 
 4.13 
FTC  0.95 (0.06)(0.03) 0.01  1.31 
 1.79 
 5.20 
FEX  0.69 (0.02)(0.02) 0.04  0.96 
 1.25 
 3.43 
FYX  0.91 (0.01) 0.01  0.05  1.07 
 2.06 
 4.61 
VFMO  1.18 (0.06)(0.02) 0.02  1.63 
 1.86 
 6.99 
IVOV  0.72 (0.02)(0.01) 0.04  0.93 
 1.80 
 3.84 
IGRO  0.47  0.04  0.03  0.12  0.49 
 0.93 
 2.43 
GEM  0.71  0.05  0.04  0.12  0.87 
 1.64 
 4.77 
PWV  0.47  0.00 (0.03) 0.06  0.53 
 0.91 
 2.27 
USVM  0.68 (0.02)(0.03) 0.03  0.85 
 1.63 
 3.49