First Trust Correlations

RFDI Etf  USD 86.26  0.48  0.56%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust RiverFront and iShares Oil Equipment is 0.1 (i.e., Average 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 RiverFront and DJI is 0.91 (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 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

  0.99EFV iShares MSCI EAFE Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.99FNDF Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
  0.99VYMI Vanguard InternationalPairCorr
  0.99IDV iShares International Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.98DFIV Dimensional InternationalPairCorr
  0.99IVLU iShares Edge MSCIPairCorr
  0.99RODM Hartford MultifactorPairCorr
  0.99PXF Invesco FTSE RAFIPairCorr
  0.92HDEF Xtrackers MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.96PID Invesco InternationalPairCorr
  0.94GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.92MUU Direxion Daily MUPairCorr
  0.95AGQ ProShares Ultra Silver TrendingPairCorr
  0.91MULL GraniteShares 2x LongPairCorr
  0.95JNUG Direxion Daily JuniorPairCorr
  0.86KORU Direxion Daily SouthPairCorr
  0.95NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.9SHNY Microsectors Gold TrendingPairCorr
  0.94GDMN WisdomTree Efficient Gold Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.96SLVR Sprott Silver MinersPairCorr
  0.71EIPX First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.87BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.84CAT Caterpillar Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.94AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.88XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.75CVX Chevron Corp Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.61PFE Pfizer Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.81WMT Walmart Common StockPairCorr
  0.8JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.79HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.75T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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  0.59  0.14  0.18  0.29  0.40 
 1.30 
 2.87 
GSEE  0.70  0.13  0.13  0.28  0.56 
 1.78 
 3.64 
EMMF  0.54  0.13  0.16  0.33  0.33 
 1.55 
 3.17 
DGRE  0.64  0.16  0.19  0.32  0.49 
 1.64 
 3.26 
FYT  0.82  0.05  0.06  0.11  0.75 
 2.59 
 5.02 
TDSC  0.43  0.04  0.02  0.14  0.38 
 0.71 
 1.96 
BLES  0.53  0.04  0.03  0.12  0.58 
 1.15 
 2.92 
ECML  0.72  0.06  0.07  0.13  0.50 
 2.20 
 4.94 
KCCA  0.80 (0.15) 0.00 (5.23) 0.00 
 1.95 
 6.66 
IEZ  1.39  0.40  0.23  0.64  1.35 
 4.02 
 9.31