First Trust Correlations

FTGS Etf  USD 35.84  0.55  1.51%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Growth and WisdomTree 9060 Balanced is 0.8 (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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Growth and DJI is 0.88 (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 Growth 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 Growth. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in census.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.87VTI Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.93SPY SPDR SP 500PairCorr
  0.93IVV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.81VIG Vanguard Dividend Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.93VV Vanguard Large CapPairCorr
  0.84RSP Invesco SP 500PairCorr
  0.85IWB iShares Russell 1000PairCorr
  0.93ESGU iShares ESG AwarePairCorr
  0.89DFAC Dimensional Core EquityPairCorr
  0.67MUU Direxion Daily MUPairCorr
  0.67MULL GraniteShares 2x LongPairCorr
  0.64GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.63AGQ ProShares Ultra SilverPairCorr
  0.66JNUG Direxion Daily JuniorPairCorr
  0.65KORU Direxion Daily SouthPairCorr
  0.63NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.63GDMN WisdomTree Efficient GoldPairCorr
  0.69SLVR Sprott Silver MinersPairCorr
  0.68CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.85BA Boeing Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.69DIS Walt Disney Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.39TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.33HPQ HP IncPairCorr

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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
VTWG  1.03 (0.03)(0.02) 0.01  1.38 
 1.90 
 5.53 
QQQE  0.66 (0.05) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 1.18 
 3.26 
EQTY  0.62  0.07  0.08  0.11  0.67 
 1.28 
 4.76 
QDPL  0.51 (0.02)(0.04) 0.01  0.74 
 1.47 
 3.55 
IYK  0.61  0.03  0.00  0.24  0.69 
 1.44 
 3.51 
SPGM  0.54  0.02  0.02  0.06  0.78 
 1.05 
 3.35 
EWL  0.64  0.12  0.12  0.64  0.57 
 1.80 
 4.75 
EPS  0.52  0.05  0.03  0.53  0.66 
 1.17 
 3.37 
INFL  0.83  0.15  0.09  0.21  1.31 
 1.65 
 4.94 
NTSX  0.54 (0.04) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.13 
 3.78