First Trust Correlations

FXG Etf  USD 64.65  0.10  0.15%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Consumer and American Century ETF is 0.47 (i.e., Very 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.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between First Trust Consumer and DJI is 0.25 (i.e., Modest 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 various price indices.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.84XLP Consumer Staples SelectPairCorr
  0.87VDC Vanguard Consumer StaplesPairCorr
  0.92IYK iShares Consumer StaplesPairCorr
  0.81KXI iShares Global ConsumerPairCorr
  0.87FSTA Fidelity MSCI ConsumerPairCorr
  0.87FTXG First Trust NasdaqPairCorr
  0.83RHS Invesco SP 500PairCorr
  0.77PBJ Invesco Dynamic FoodPairCorr
  0.81PSL Invesco DWA ConsumerPairCorr

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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  1.11  0.19  0.10  0.67  1.11 
 2.76 
 6.13 
FXD  0.91  0.00  0.01  0.06  0.98 
 2.04 
 5.66 
FXZ  1.09  0.20  0.18  0.23  0.93 
 2.68 
 5.85 
FEMS  0.56  0.11  0.10  0.29  0.45 
 1.28 
 2.75 
PPIE  0.56  0.02  0.01  0.09  0.66 
 1.18 
 3.40 
KBA  0.74  0.05  0.01  0.18  0.84 
 1.47 
 3.75 
CSB  0.66  0.03  0.03  0.11  0.68 
 1.94 
 3.66 
BKGI  0.41  0.06  0.02  0.33  0.36 
 1.01 
 2.28 
IWMI  0.70  0.03  0.03  0.10  0.80 
 1.39 
 3.76 
AVMV  0.70  0.06  0.07  0.13  0.64 
 1.83 
 3.67