First Trust Correlations

FTGS Etf  USD 36.37  0.11  0.30%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Growth and WisdomTree 9060 Balanced is 0.79 (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. 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 0.83 (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

  0.91VTI Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9SPY SPDR SP 500PairCorr
  0.9IVV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.76VIG Vanguard DividendPairCorr
  0.9VV Vanguard Large CapPairCorr
  0.8RSP Invesco SP 500PairCorr
  0.9IWB iShares Russell 1000PairCorr
  0.89ESGU iShares ESG AwarePairCorr
  0.84DFAC Dimensional Core EquityPairCorr
  0.8CPST Calamos ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.83ITDD iShares TrustPairCorr
  0.67INTC IntelPairCorr
  0.67AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.58MPAY Exchange Traded ConceptsPairCorr
  0.63T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.52VZ Verizon Communications Earnings Call TodayPairCorr

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

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High negative correlations

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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  1.60 (0.03)(0.01) 0.02  2.40 
 3.43 
 13.02 
MSFT  1.24 (0.29) 0.00 (1.12) 0.00 
 1.85 
 4.90 
UBER  1.47 (0.24) 0.00 (0.26) 0.00 
 2.50 
 10.23 
F  1.47  0.18  0.10  0.52  1.32 
 3.65 
 16.30 
T  0.88 (0.03) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 1.63 
 4.30 
A  1.19 (0.22) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 2.90 
 7.85 
CRM  1.53 (0.30) 0.00 (0.24) 0.00 
 2.94 
 12.37 
JPM  1.11  0.04 (0.01)(0.50) 1.66 
 2.00 
 7.38 
MRK  1.26  0.30  0.21  0.47  1.14 
 3.59 
 8.09 
XOM  1.06  0.24  0.18  0.45  0.96 
 2.38 
 5.82