First Trust Correlations

FYX Etf  USD 114.11  0.97  0.86%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Small and First Trust Health is 0.69 (i.e., 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 Small and DJI is 0.82 (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 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 unemployment.

Moving together with First Etf

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  0.93VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.98FNDA Schwab Fundamental SmallPairCorr
  0.98SPSM SPDR Portfolio SPPairCorr
  0.99DFAS Dimensional Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VIOO Vanguard SP SmallPairCorr
  0.96PRFZ Invesco FTSE RAFIPairCorr
  0.71UPRO ProShares UltraPro SP500PairCorr
  0.83QTJA Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.81QTOC Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.89XTOC Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.88QTAP Innovator Growth 100PairCorr
  0.82XTJA Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.88XTAP Innovator Equity AccPairCorr
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  0.7MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.77BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
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  0.63MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
  0.71AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.82AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr

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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
FXH  0.70  0.01  0.01  0.07  0.78 
 1.88 
 4.18 
FTA  0.59  0.02  0.01  0.08  0.66 
 1.16 
 3.31 
FNX  0.84 (0.04)(0.02) 0.02  1.04 
 1.79 
 4.13 
TOUS  0.57  0.03  0.03  0.09  0.63 
 1.13 
 2.78 
FYC  1.17  0.02  0.03  0.07  1.35 
 2.34 
 6.10 
FDT  0.65  0.07  0.05  0.14  0.87 
 1.22 
 3.39 
AVIV  0.54  0.07  0.08  0.15  0.55 
 1.26 
 2.93 
EIPI  0.48  0.02 (0.03) 0.12  0.52 
 1.06 
 2.81 
ONEY  0.59 (0.02)(0.03) 0.04  0.72 
 1.22 
 3.27 
VTWV  0.87 (0.02) 0.00  0.04  1.02 
 2.02 
 4.51