First Trust Correlations

FTSL Etf  USD 45.57  0.11  0.24%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Senior and Direxion Daily Small is 0.38 (i.e., Weak diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as First Trust moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if First Trust Senior moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Senior and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Senior 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 Senior. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in main economic indicators.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.94SRLN SPDR Blackstone SeniorPairCorr
  0.82FLBL Franklin Liberty SeniorPairCorr
  0.93SEIX Virtus ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.93FLRT Pacer Pacific AssetPairCorr
  0.93PFRL PGIM ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.78GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.7MUU Direxion Daily MUPairCorr
  0.75AGQ ProShares Ultra Silver TrendingPairCorr
  0.69MULL GraniteShares 2x LongPairCorr
  0.81JNUG Direxion Daily JuniorPairCorr
  0.82NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.69SHNY Microsectors Gold TrendingPairCorr
  0.81GDMN WisdomTree Efficient Gold Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.82SLVR Sprott Silver MinersPairCorr
  0.63EIPX First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.8CAT Caterpillar Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.85JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.85WMT Walmart Common StockPairCorr
  0.86AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.92MRK Merck Company Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.93DD Dupont De Nemours Sell-off TrendPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.83HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.6T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.57PG Procter GamblePairCorr

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 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
META  1.45 (0.19) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 3.16 
 13.02 
MSFT  1.07 (0.13) 0.00 (0.42) 0.00 
 1.85 
 4.90 
UBER  1.43 (0.29) 0.00 (0.33) 0.00 
 2.50 
 10.23 
F  1.47  0.12  0.09  0.15  1.32 
 3.65 
 16.30 
T  0.88 (0.04) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 1.63 
 4.30 
A  1.20 (0.23) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 2.90 
 7.85 
CRM  1.43 (0.22) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 2.94 
 12.37 
JPM  1.11 (0.05)(0.01) 0.03  1.66 
 2.00 
 7.38 
MRK  1.24  0.28  0.19  0.46  1.14 
 3.59 
 8.09 
XOM  1.06  0.27  0.17  4.39  0.96 
 2.38 
 5.82