First Trust Correlations

FXD Etf  USD 68.90  0.74  1.06%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Consumer and SPDR SP Retail is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no 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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between First Trust Consumer and DJI is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Consumer 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 Consumer. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in american community survey.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.84XLY Consumer DiscretionaryPairCorr
  0.86VCR Vanguard ConsumerPairCorr
  0.62ITB iShares Home ConstructionPairCorr
  0.86FDIS Fidelity MSCI ConsumerPairCorr
  0.7XHB SPDR SP HomebuildersPairCorr
  0.89IYC iShares Consumer DisPairCorr
  0.91PEJ Invesco Dynamic LeisurePairCorr
  0.98XRT SPDR SP RetailPairCorr
  0.82SIXD AIM ETF ProductsPairCorr
  0.85GAL SPDR SSgA GlobalPairCorr
  0.62DIS Walt Disney Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.89AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.62INTC IntelPairCorr
  0.87WMT Walmart Common StockPairCorr
  0.73MRK Merck Company Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.8BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.61XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Call TodayPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.93VIXM ProShares VIX Mid Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.93VXZ iPath Series B Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.91VXX iPath Series B Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.91VIXY ProShares VIX Short Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.79RCD Ready CapitalPairCorr
  0.51YCL ProShares Ultra YenPairCorr
  0.44FXY Invesco CurrencySharesPairCorr
  0.71T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.49MSFT 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
FXN  1.07  0.20  0.12  0.67  1.09 
 2.61 
 6.12 
FXG  0.63  0.03 (0.02) 0.19  0.70 
 1.35 
 3.17 
FEP  0.57  0.19  0.19  1.23  0.42 
 1.46 
 2.87 
FXZ  1.03  0.20  0.18  0.21  0.92 
 2.43 
 4.43 
IDLV  0.44  0.06  0.06  0.21  0.43 
 0.83 
 2.69 
RSPF  0.69 (0.02)(0.03) 0.03  0.87 
 1.46 
 4.56 
ENFR  0.67  0.16  0.11 (0.93) 0.60 
 1.60 
 4.06 
EWN  0.83  0.15  0.10  5.04  0.92 
 1.65 
 4.87 
FEMS  0.58  0.10  0.11  0.27  0.49 
 1.28 
 2.96 
XRT  0.96  0.03 (0.01) 0.20  1.02 
 1.80 
 6.33