First Trust Correlations

FYC Etf  USD 100.76  0.33  0.33%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Small and iShares Pharmaceuticals ETF is 0.29 (i.e., Modest 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 Small and DJI is 0.95 (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 Small 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 Small. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in producer price index.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.98VBK Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.97IWO iShares Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.98IJT iShares SP SmallPairCorr
  0.98SLYG SPDR SP 600PairCorr
  0.85PBW Invesco WilderHill CleanPairCorr
  0.94JKK iShares MorningstarPairCorr
  0.97VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.91VRTGX Vanguard Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.98VIOG Vanguard SP SmallPairCorr
  0.95ISCG iShares MorningstarPairCorr
  0.78MUU Direxion Daily MUPairCorr
  0.78MULL GraniteShares 2x LongPairCorr
  0.79AGQ ProShares Ultra Silver Buyout TrendPairCorr
  0.86JNUG Direxion Daily JuniorPairCorr
  0.83GDXU MicroSectors Gold Miners Upward RallyPairCorr
  0.74KORU Direxion Daily SouthPairCorr
  0.86NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.75SHNY Microsectors Gold Upward RallyPairCorr
  0.89SIL Global X SilverPairCorr
  0.82SIVR abrdn Physical SilverPairCorr
  0.86RDIV Invesco SP UltraPairCorr
  0.89BINC BlackRock ETF Trust Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.92AHYB American Century ETFPairCorr
  0.76MRK Merck Company Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.89BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.71JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.83WMT Walmart Common Stock Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.86CAT CaterpillarPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.63HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.52T ATT Inc Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.39MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr

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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
FNY  0.97 (0.03)(0.01) 0.02  1.26 
 1.92 
 5.08 
FEM  0.72  0.12  0.09  0.28  0.85 
 1.42 
 5.07 
FDT  0.63  0.20  0.19  0.35  0.61 
 1.74 
 4.51 
LVHD  0.45  0.09  0.12  0.35  0.29 
 1.11 
 2.43 
IMFL  0.65  0.16  0.15  0.28  0.62 
 1.41 
 3.38 
LGH  0.78 (0.07) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.23 
 5.39 
PPH  0.77  0.21  0.22  0.38  0.54 
 1.87 
 4.58 
VFVA  0.69  0.12  0.15  0.16  0.55 
 2.17 
 4.24 
SSUS  0.55  0.00 (0.05) 0.05  0.82 
 1.05 
 3.42 
IHE  0.81  0.24  0.25  0.58  0.48 
 1.82 
 4.45