First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Multi and American Beacon Small is 0.35 (i.e., 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. 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 Multi Strategy and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Multi Strategy 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 Multi Strategy. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in private.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.77FTMAX Franklin TempletonPairCorr
  0.87FDHIX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.68FDHAX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.87VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.86VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.83VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.83FOVIX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.69FOVCX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.61FOVAX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.8FPEIX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.81FPEFX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.79FPECX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.85FPEAX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.81FPERX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.68BMBCX Blackrock AlternativePairCorr
  0.69BKMBX Blackrock SystematicPairCorr
  0.83BXMYX Blackstone AlternativePairCorr
  0.95GARTX Goldman Sachs AbsolutePairCorr
  0.95GCRTX Goldman Sachs AbsolutePairCorr
  0.87BXMIX Blackstone AlternativePairCorr
  0.85BXMDX Blackstone AlternativePairCorr
  0.65HLDIX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.66HLDRX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.64HLDAX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.88HLDCX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.88HLDTX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.76BFGUX Baron Focused GrowthPairCorr
  0.88RACTX American Funds 2020PairCorr
  0.91SSCGX Simt Small CapPairCorr
  0.9SCIJX Hartford SchrodersPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Mutual Fund performing well and First Trust Mutual Fund 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.