First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Exchange and First Trust Exchange Traded is 0.89 (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.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Exchange and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Exchange and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
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Moving together with First Etf

  0.91BUFR First Trust CboePairCorr
  0.84BUFD FT Cboe VestPairCorr
  0.92PSEP Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.83PJAN Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.83PJUL Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.84PAUG Innovator Equity PowerPairCorr
  0.92DNOV FT Cboe VestPairCorr
  0.81PMAY Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.75ACII Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.69GDXU MicroSectors Gold Miners Upward RallyPairCorr
  0.7JNUG Direxion Daily JuniorPairCorr
  0.66NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.7AGQ ProShares Ultra Silver TrendingPairCorr
  0.62IJS iShares SP SmallPairCorr
  0.63FNDA Schwab Fundamental SmallPairCorr
  0.93GOCT FT Cboe VestPairCorr
  0.8QTAP Innovator Growth 100PairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.36ENTR EntrepreneurSharesPairCorr

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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
QSPT  0.48 (0.03)(0.07) 0.02  0.69 
 0.93 
 3.00 
QMAR  0.18  0.03 (0.11) 25.97  0.11 
 0.40 
 1.60 
QJUN  0.32  0.01 (0.07) 0.08  0.42 
 0.79 
 2.11 
GJUL  0.23  0.00 (0.10) 0.07  0.25 
 0.51 
 1.74 
DECW  0.25  0.01 (0.09) 0.08  0.26 
 0.56 
 2.29 
ZALT  0.23  0.01 (0.10) 0.09  0.25 
 0.50 
 1.58 
GJUN  0.16  0.01 (0.15) 0.11  0.08 
 0.38 
 1.40 
SGDM  2.23  0.57  0.14  0.61  3.46 
 5.33 
 19.96 
QCLN  1.55  0.17  0.10  0.18  1.84 
 2.87 
 8.65 
GMAY  0.17  0.01 (0.15) 0.11  0.09 
 0.44 
 1.18