First Trust Correlations

FYX Etf  USD 120.27  0.49  0.41%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Small and Vanguard Russell 2000 is 0.98 (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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between First Trust Small and DJI is 0.93 (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.
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Moving together with First Etf

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  0.98VRTIX Vanguard Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.98VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000PairCorr
  1.0FNDA Schwab Fundamental SmallPairCorr
  0.95SPSM SPDR Portfolio SPPairCorr
  1.0DFAS Dimensional Small CapPairCorr
  0.99VIOO Vanguard SP SmallPairCorr
  0.99PRFZ Invesco FTSE RAFIPairCorr
  0.85AGQ ProShares Ultra Silver TrendingPairCorr
  0.77DFEN Direxion Daily AerospacePairCorr
  0.84DGP DB Gold DoublePairCorr
  0.83UGL ProShares Ultra Gold Buyout TrendPairCorr
  0.88NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.71DIG ProShares Ultra OilPairCorr
  0.76URNM Sprott Uranium Miners Buyout TrendPairCorr
  0.63EIPX First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.86BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.85CAT Caterpillar Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.78MRK Merck Company Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.91AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.77XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
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Moving against First Etf

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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  0.73 (0.03)(0.05) 0.03  0.77 
 1.89 
 4.18 
FTA  0.56  0.06  0.06  0.15  0.44 
 1.50 
 3.31 
FNX  0.79  0.02  0.03  0.08  0.80 
 1.79 
 3.88 
TOUS  0.58  0.08  0.09  0.18  0.53 
 1.29 
 2.72 
FYC  1.05  0.02  0.03  0.08  1.19 
 2.04 
 5.20 
FDT  0.57  0.21  0.22  0.38  0.36 
 1.54 
 3.39 
AVIV  0.54  0.14  0.19  0.28  0.34 
 1.29 
 2.93 
EIPI  0.50  0.10  0.08  0.60  0.35 
 1.06 
 2.83 
ONEY  0.62  0.03  0.02  0.11  0.54 
 1.69 
 3.66 
VTWV  0.82  0.06  0.07  0.12  0.78 
 1.98 
 4.66