First Trust Correlations

FTC Etf  USD 162.29  2.17  1.36%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Large and Kovitz Core Equity is 0.73 (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.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Large and DJI is 0.84 (i.e., Very 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

  0.75IVW iShares SP 500PairCorr
  0.74SPYG SPDR Portfolio SPPairCorr
  0.82IUSG iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.81QQQM Invesco NASDAQ 100PairCorr
  0.64MUU Direxion Daily MUPairCorr
  0.64MULL GraniteShares 2x LongPairCorr
  0.73GDXU MicroSectors Gold Miners Upward RallyPairCorr
  0.74JNUG Direxion Daily JuniorPairCorr
  0.73NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.68AGQ ProShares Ultra SilverPairCorr
  0.62SHNY Microsectors GoldPairCorr
  0.67SPVM Invesco SP 500PairCorr
  0.62IAUM iShares Gold TrustPairCorr
  0.71NBCE Neuberger Berman ETFPairCorr
  0.74DBA Invesco DB AgriculturePairCorr
  0.65CCNR CoreCommodity NaturalPairCorr
  0.78WDNA WisdomTree BioRevolutionPairCorr
  0.74NULV Nuveen ESG LargePairCorr
  0.66PCEM Litman Gregory FundsPairCorr
  0.79XYLD Global X SPPairCorr
  0.68FIDU Fidelity MSCI IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.86TLCI Touchstone ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.73CHPS Xtrackers SemiconductorPairCorr
  0.83UMAY Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.32XLU Utilities Select Sector Aggressive PushPairCorr

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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
FEX  0.61  0.06  0.07  0.13  0.68 
 1.44 
 3.63 
FTA  0.60  0.16  0.22  0.29  0.30 
 1.64 
 3.31 
FNX  0.79  0.08  0.09  0.13  0.72 
 1.97 
 4.49 
FXL  1.13 (0.13) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 1.89 
 8.11 
QDPL  0.53 (0.04)(0.07) 0.01  0.73 
 1.66 
 3.56 
PDP  1.22  0.02  0.02  0.08  1.61 
 1.93 
 6.72 
FYX  0.86  0.12  0.14  0.16  0.73 
 2.59 
 5.01 
VTWG  1.09 (0.03)(0.01) 0.04  1.37 
 1.93 
 6.76 
NTSX  0.57 (0.05)(0.08) 0.00  0.74 
 1.13 
 3.78 
EQTY  0.63  0.00 (0.01) 0.06  0.78 
 1.28 
 4.76