First Trust Semi Deviation

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First Trust Indxx has current Semi Deviation of 0.4896. Semi-deviation provides a good measure of downside risk for a equity or a portfolio. It is similar to standard deviation, but it only looks at periods where the returns are less than the target or average level.

Semi Deviation

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SQRT(SV)

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0.4896
SQRT = Square root notation
SV =   First Trust semi variance of returns over selected period

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First Trust Indxx is rated below average in semi deviation as compared to similar ETFs. It is rated below average in maximum drawdown as compared to similar ETFs reporting about  8.45  of Maximum Drawdown per Semi Deviation. The ratio of Maximum Drawdown to Semi Deviation for First Trust Indxx is roughly  8.45 
Semi-deviation is the square root of semi-variance. Semi-variance is calculated by averaging the deviations of returns that have a result that is less than the mean.
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