First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Short and T Rowe Price is 0.42 (i.e., Very weak 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 Short and DJI is 0.89 (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 Short and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust Short. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.98FDHCX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.98FDHAX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.86VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.85VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.83FOVIX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.83FOVCX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.83FOVAX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.79FPECX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.86FPERX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.88OOSYX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.91OOSIX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.97LFRIX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.95LARCX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.96LFRRX Lord Abbett InvPairCorr
  0.96LFRFX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.94LRRRX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.94LRRTX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.94LRRVX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.97LRRKX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.89EKWDX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.89NDCAX Nationwide InvestorPairCorr
  0.7PRVDX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.81EVGRX Evaluator Growth RmsPairCorr
  0.88TRZZX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.81QMORX Aqr Large CapPairCorr
  0.84MGOSX Victory Munder MidPairCorr
  0.86SDVGX Sit Dividend GrowthPairCorr
  0.86RYVFX Royce Small CapPairCorr
  0.8ATGYX Aquila Three PeaksPairCorr
  0.86VSORX Victory Sycamore SmallPairCorr
  0.91AILLX Aristotle Funds SeriesPairCorr
  0.88BEMIX Brandes Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.81TEBRX Teberg FundPairCorr
  0.75CHY Calamos Convertible AndPairCorr
  0.89FESMX First Eagle SmidPairCorr
  0.87TRZLX T Rowe PricePairCorr

Moving against First Mutual Fund

  0.35CISGX Touchstone Sands CapitalPairCorr

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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.