First Trust Correlations

FTCS Etf  USD 96.76  0.56  0.58%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Capital and Alpha Architect 1 3 is 0.09 (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

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Capital and DJI is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Capital 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 Capital. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.84VTI Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.81SPY SPDR SP 500PairCorr
  0.81IVV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.9VIG Vanguard Dividend Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.77VV Vanguard Large CapPairCorr
  0.97RSP Invesco SP 500PairCorr
  0.82IWB iShares Russell 1000PairCorr
  0.75ESGU iShares ESG AwarePairCorr
  0.92DFAC Dimensional Core EquityPairCorr
  0.9MUU Direxion Daily MUPairCorr
  0.9MULL GraniteShares 2x LongPairCorr
  0.91GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.89AGQ ProShares Ultra SilverPairCorr
  0.93JNUG Direxion Daily JuniorPairCorr
  0.87KORU Direxion Daily SouthPairCorr
  0.93NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.86SHNY Microsectors GoldPairCorr
  0.91GDMN WisdomTree Efficient GoldPairCorr
  0.94SLVR Sprott Silver MinersPairCorr
  0.65CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.68XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.69CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr
  0.83BA Boeing Sell-off TrendPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.48HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.35TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.32MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr

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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
PRF  0.53  0.11  0.11 (2.75) 0.45 
 1.27 
 3.11 
SCHH  0.53  0.04  0.00 (0.36) 0.67 
 1.25 
 3.28 
IGF  0.46  0.10  0.13  2.62  0.27 
 0.95 
 2.21 
VDC  0.55  0.00  0.21  0.00  0.25 
 1.29 
 3.18 
SSO  1.05  0.02 (0.01) 0.13  1.57 
 1.96 
 7.20 
DBEF  0.51  0.09  0.07  2.45  0.57 
 1.07 
 3.24 
PBUS  0.54  0.01 (0.03) 0.14  0.78 
 0.99 
 3.63 
FVD  0.42  0.11  0.13 (1.38) 0.28 
 1.10 
 2.33 
VLUE  0.81  0.20  0.17 (1.73) 0.74 
 1.92 
 4.17 
BOXX  0.01  0.01 (1.45)(5.09) 0.00 
 0.05 
 0.08