First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Merger and Putnam Global Health is -0.07 (i.e., Good 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 Merger 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 Merger and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.

Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust Merger. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

0.88	FTMAX	Franklin Templeton	Pair Corr
0.87	FTMCX	First Trust Multi	Pair Corr
0.85	FDHIX	First Trust Short	Pair Corr
0.87	FDHCX	First Trust Short	Pair Corr
0.86	FDHAX	First Trust Short	Pair Corr
1.0	VARBX	Vivaldi Merger Arbitrage	Pair Corr
0.98	VARAX	Vivaldi Merger Arbitrage	Pair Corr
0.79	FOVIX	First Trust/confluence	Pair Corr
0.78	FOVCX	First Trust/confluence	Pair Corr
0.79	FOVAX	First Trust/confluence	Pair Corr
0.78	FPEIX	First Trust Preferred	Pair Corr
0.77	FPEFX	First Trust Preferred	Pair Corr
0.73	FPECX	First Trust Preferred	Pair Corr
0.75	FPEAX	First Trust Preferred	Pair Corr
0.75	FPERX	First Trust Preferred	Pair Corr
0.92	BCLPX	Blckrk Lc Cr	Pair Corr
0.93	BALPX	Blckrk Lc Cr	Pair Corr
0.94	BILPX	Blkrk Lc Cr	Pair Corr
0.9	MERIX	Merger Fund	Pair Corr
0.85	MERFX	Merger Fund	Pair Corr
0.88	HMECX	Highland Merger Arbitrage	Pair Corr
0.88	HMEAX	Highland Merger Arbitrage	Pair Corr
0.71	VTSAX	Vanguard Total Stock	Pair Corr
0.67	VFIAX	Vanguard 500 Index	Pair Corr
0.7	VTSMX	Vanguard Total Stock	Pair Corr
0.7	VSMPX	Vanguard Total Stock	Pair Corr
0.7	VITSX	Vanguard Total Stock	Pair Corr
0.71	VSTSX	Vanguard Total Stock	Pair Corr
0.77	VTIAX	Vanguard Total Inter	Pair Corr
0.68	VFINX	Vanguard 500 Index	Pair Corr
0.68	VFFSX	Vanguard 500 Index	Pair Corr
0.9	THCVX	Tiaa-cref Large-cap	Pair Corr
0.96	BABDX	Blackrock Gbl Dividend	Pair Corr
0.81	UIVIX	Mfs Intrinsic Value	Pair Corr
0.74	SIRCX	Sierra E Retirement	Pair Corr
0.69	EMOIX	Eaton Vance Municipal	Pair Corr

Moving against First Mutual Fund

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Related Correlations Analysis

	SWHFX	AHSAX	XXGRX	FHCCX	HGHYX	RAGHX	PGHAX
SWHFX		0.89	0.7	0.79	0.93	0.85	0.91	SWHFX
AHSAX	0.89		0.84	0.89	0.94	0.9	0.91	AHSAX
XXGRX	0.7	0.84		0.89	0.82	0.87	0.83	XXGRX
FHCCX	0.79	0.89	0.89		0.93	0.87	0.93	FHCCX
HGHYX	0.93	0.94	0.82	0.93		0.93	0.98	HGHYX
RAGHX	0.85	0.9	0.87	0.87	0.93		0.93	RAGHX
PGHAX	0.91	0.91	0.83	0.93	0.98	0.93		PGHAX
	SWHFX	AHSAX	XXGRX	FHCCX	HGHYX	RAGHX	PGHAX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Mutual Fund performing well and First Trust Mutual Fund 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 Deviation	Jensen Alpha	Sortino Ratio	Treynor Ratio	Semi Deviation	Expected Shortfall	Potential Upside	Value @Risk	Maximum Drawdown
SWHFX	0.68	0.15	0.17	0.41	0.43	(0.85)	2.04	(1.00)	4.68
AHSAX	0.83	0.15	0.11	2.96	0.71	(1.01)	2.06	(1.54)	4.65
XXGRX	0.51	0.00	(0.07)	0.04	0.56	(0.67)	1.33	(1.10)	3.61
FHCCX	0.73	0.05	0.03	0.15	0.70	(0.91)	1.73	(1.12)	5.12
HGHYX	0.67	0.08	0.09	0.19	0.53	(0.76)	1.91	(1.05)	3.95
RAGHX	0.73	0.03	(0.02)	0.40	0.70	(0.88)	2.02	(1.29)	4.39
PGHAX	0.64	0.07	0.06	0.19	0.56	(0.74)	1.80	(1.15)	3.94

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