First Trust Correlations

FTA Etf  USD 83.01  0.26  0.31%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Large and First Trust Large is 0.35 (i.e., 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.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Large 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 Large 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 Large. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in housing.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.99VTV Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.98VYM Vanguard High DividendPairCorr
  0.99IWD iShares Russell 1000PairCorr
  0.98DGRO iShares Core Dividend Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.98IVE iShares SP 500PairCorr
  0.98DVY iShares Select DividendPairCorr
  0.98SPYV SPDR Portfolio SPPairCorr
  0.93FVD First Trust ValuePairCorr
  0.98IUSV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.94NOBL ProShares SP 500PairCorr
  0.94VTI Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.93SPY SPDR SP 500PairCorr
  0.93IVV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.78BND Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.88VUG Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.94VO Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92VEA Vanguard FTSE DevelopedPairCorr
  0.98VB Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VWO Vanguard FTSE EmergingPairCorr
  0.89DRSK Aptus Defined RiskPairCorr
  0.76BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.88BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.73MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr
  0.72CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.67GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.73INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.82CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.84DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.89AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.67AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.89PFE Pfizer IncPairCorr
  0.85JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.73MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.4KO Coca ColaPairCorr

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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.