First Trust Correlations

RFDI Etf  USD 81.46  0.95  1.18%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust RiverFront and Avantis International Small is 0.88 (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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust RiverFront and DJI is 0.8 (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 RiverFront and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust RiverFront. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in small area income & poverty estimates.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.98EFV iShares MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.98FNDF Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
  0.98VYMI Vanguard InternationalPairCorr
  0.95IDV iShares InternationalPairCorr
  0.97DFIV Dimensional InternationalPairCorr
  0.98IVLU iShares Edge MSCIPairCorr
  0.99RODM Hartford MultifactorPairCorr
  0.99PXF Invesco FTSE RAFIPairCorr
  0.94HDEF Xtrackers MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.93PID Invesco InternationalPairCorr
  0.87ITDD iShares TrustPairCorr
  0.72AMPD Tidal ETF ServicesPairCorr
  0.94CPST Calamos ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.7ITWO Proshares Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.85CALI iShares Short TermPairCorr
  0.92PJFM PGIM ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.88DDFO Innovator Equity DualPairCorr
  0.94CPSL Calamos LadderedPairCorr
  0.7JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.66CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.79AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.83JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.67CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.61TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.75DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.78MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
  0.76XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.73WMT Walmart Common Stock Aggressive PushPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.59T ATT IncPairCorr
  0.53MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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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
AVDS  0.60  0.03  0.02  0.09  0.68 
 1.28 
 2.91 
GSEE  0.77  0.05  0.04  0.11  0.91 
 1.78 
 4.78 
EMMF  0.59  0.04  0.03  0.12  0.73 
 1.16 
 3.92 
DGRE  0.68  0.12  0.12  0.21  0.67 
 1.79 
 4.07 
FYT  0.82 (0.03)(0.02) 0.03  1.04 
 1.83 
 4.48 
TDSC  0.46 (0.03)(0.08) 0.02  0.54 
 0.76 
 2.13 
BLES  0.55 (0.01)(0.02) 0.05  0.70 
 1.15 
 2.74 
ECML  0.65 (0.01)(0.02) 0.04  0.69 
 1.32 
 3.72 
KCCA  0.53  0.05 (0.01)(0.62) 0.87 
 1.15 
 4.71 
IEZ  1.35  0.13  0.07  0.17  1.78 
 2.42 
 9.31