First Trust Correlations

FVD Etf  USD 47.67  0.25  0.53%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Value and SPDR Bloomberg High is 0.07 (i.e., Significant 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Value 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 Value 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 Value. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in manufacturing.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.95VOE Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98SDY SPDR SP DividendPairCorr
  0.93DVY iShares Select DividendPairCorr
  0.93IWS iShares Russell MidPairCorr
  0.92SPYD SPDR Portfolio SPPairCorr
  0.9COWZ Pacer Cash Cows Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.92IJJ iShares SP MidPairCorr
  0.94DON WisdomTree MidCapPairCorr
  0.93RPV Invesco SP 500PairCorr
  0.86CPST Calamos ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.82ITDD iShares TrustPairCorr
  0.83PEY Invesco High YieldPairCorr
  0.88GAL SPDR SSgA GlobalPairCorr
  0.78CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.72PFE Pfizer Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.81DD Dupont De Nemours Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.72CVX Chevron Corp Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.88JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.83WMT Walmart Common StockPairCorr
  0.78BA BoeingPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.69MPAY Exchange Traded ConceptsPairCorr
  0.73MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr

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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
FNDA  0.78  0.04  0.05  0.09  0.82 
 1.96 
 4.62 
IGF  0.46  0.07  0.07  0.22  0.31 
 0.95 
 1.84 
PRF  0.54  0.05  0.07  0.11  0.48 
 1.27 
 3.11 
VLUE  0.79  0.15  0.17  0.20  0.70 
 1.92 
 4.17 
BBCA  0.58  0.13  0.13  0.24  0.59 
 1.21 
 3.32 
AVLV  0.65  0.12  0.15  0.18  0.53 
 1.55 
 3.47 
JNK  0.13  0.01 (0.18) 0.23  0.00 
 0.30 
 0.79 
USO  1.35  0.13  0.04 (0.58) 1.52 
 2.97 
 6.13 
JIRE  0.60  0.09  0.10  0.17  0.61 
 1.25 
 3.36 
FTCS  0.48  0.01 (0.02) 0.07  0.47 
 1.10 
 2.65