First Trust Correlations

FTGC Etf  USD 23.63  0.00  0.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Global and iShares MSCI Global is 0.58 (i.e., Very weak 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between First Trust Global and DJI is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Global 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 Global. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in price.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.93PDBC Invesco Optimum YieldPairCorr
  0.93DBC Invesco DB CommodityPairCorr
  0.63COMT iShares GSCI CommodityPairCorr
  0.8GSG iShares SP GSCIPairCorr
  0.95DJP iPath Bloomberg CommodityPairCorr
  0.95BCI abrdn Bloomberg AllPairCorr
  0.94CMDY iShares Bloomberg RollPairCorr
  0.95COMB GraniteShares BloombergPairCorr
  0.7FB ProShares Trust ProSharesPairCorr
  0.72CALI iShares Short TermPairCorr
  0.71CPSL Calamos LadderedPairCorr
  0.61PJFM PGIM ETF TrustPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.65NFLX NetflixPairCorr
  0.51HUM Humana IncPairCorr
  0.49VXX iPath Series BPairCorr
  0.42EMC Global X FundsPairCorr

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

UBERMSFT
XOMF
XOMMRK
MSFTMETA
MRKF
MRKJPM
  

High negative correlations

MRKUBER
MRKMSFT
XOMUBER
TF
XOMMSFT
CRMT

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 DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
META  1.39 (0.22) 0.00 (0.19) 0.00 
 2.30 
 13.52 
MSFT  0.92 (0.17) 0.00 (0.25) 0.00 
 1.78 
 5.08 
UBER  1.45 (0.30) 0.00 (0.23) 0.00 
 2.60 
 10.51 
F  1.48  0.12  0.08  0.14  1.67 
 3.38 
 16.30 
T  0.96 (0.21) 0.00 (0.86) 0.00 
 1.61 
 5.75 
A  1.17  0.05  0.04  0.10  1.25 
 2.12 
 11.03 
CRM  1.51  0.06  0.03  0.13  1.97 
 3.66 
 9.91 
JPM  1.08 (0.02) 0.00  0.04  1.41 
 2.00 
 7.02 
MRK  1.32  0.33  0.25  0.46  1.03 
 3.84 
 11.45 
XOM  0.91  0.12  0.08  0.52  0.82 
 1.96 
 4.99