First Trust Correlations

FXZ Etf  USD 71.87  2.37  3.19%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Materials and PIMCO RAFI Dynamic is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Materials and DJI is 0.89 (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 Materials 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 Materials. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in housing.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.99XLB Materials Select SectorPairCorr
  1.0VAW Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.99XME SPDR SP MetalsPairCorr
  0.63PHO Invesco Water ResourcesPairCorr
  0.97MOO VanEck Agribusiness ETFPairCorr
  0.65FIW First Trust WaterPairCorr
  0.85URNM Sprott Uranium MinersPairCorr
  1.0IYM iShares Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.94AGQ ProShares Ultra SilverPairCorr
  0.95GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.96JNUG Direxion Daily JuniorPairCorr
  0.96NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.98DISV Dimensional ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.96FNX First Trust MidPairCorr
  0.96TAXT Northern Trust TaxPairCorr
  0.94FLXR TCW ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.76HLAL Wahed FTSE USAPairCorr
  0.89FMF First Trust ManagedPairCorr
  0.82FDRR Fidelity Dividend ETFPairCorr
  0.87KORU Direxion Daily SouthPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.78EV NEOS Investment ManaPairCorr
  0.39GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin TrustPairCorr
  0.36BTF Valkyrie Bitcoin StrategyPairCorr
  0.32NVDL GraniteShares 15x Long Aggressive PushPairCorr

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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
FJP  0.67  0.13  0.09  0.81  0.77 
 1.85 
 4.38 
FXG  0.63  0.03 (0.02) 0.19  0.70 
 1.35 
 3.17 
FNK  0.71  0.08  0.06  0.29  0.64 
 2.17 
 4.13 
QVMS  0.81  0.07  0.03  0.26  0.84 
 2.11 
 4.91 
FXN  1.07  0.20  0.12  0.67  1.09 
 2.61 
 6.12 
DBAW  0.49  0.08  0.08  0.16  0.52 
 1.10 
 3.25 
FICS  0.52  0.03  0.01  0.11  0.48 
 1.13 
 3.17 
EFAA  0.44  0.07  0.08  0.18  0.40 
 0.95 
 2.80 
AVMC  0.65  0.03  0.04  0.09  0.68 
 1.69 
 3.59 
MFUS  0.52  0.03  0.02  0.09  0.58 
 1.08 
 2.85