First Trust Correlations

FTC Etf  USD 161.48  0.48  0.30%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Large and First Trust Large is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Large and DJI is 0.74 (i.e., 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 persons.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.73VUG Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.81IWF iShares Russell 1000PairCorr
  0.71IVW iShares SP 500PairCorr
  0.75SPYG SPDR Portfolio SPPairCorr
  0.78IUSG iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.77VONG Vanguard Russell 1000PairCorr
  0.7MGK Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.64VRGWX Vanguard Russell 1000PairCorr
  0.68QQQM Invesco NASDAQ 100PairCorr
  0.78IWY iShares Russell TopPairCorr
  0.66MAPP Harbor ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.68QULL ETRACS 2x LeveragedPairCorr
  0.63QQH HCM Defender 100PairCorr
  0.77XLK Technology Select SectorPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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
FEX  0.69 (0.03)(0.03) 0.03  0.97 
 1.25 
 3.43 
FTA  0.59  0.01  0.00  0.07  0.68 
 1.16 
 3.31 
FNX  0.84 (0.06)(0.04) 0.01  1.05 
 1.79 
 4.13 
FXL  1.16 (0.09)(0.04) 0.00  1.69 
 2.00 
 6.36 
QDPL  0.60 (0.01)(0.03) 0.04  0.82 
 1.49 
 3.58 
PDP  1.23 (0.11) 0.00 (0.01) 0.00 
 2.50 
 7.36 
FYX  0.93 (0.01) 0.01  0.05  1.08 
 2.06 
 4.61 
VTWG  1.18 (0.08)(0.03) 0.01  1.52 
 1.93 
 7.00 
NTSX  0.57 (0.01)(0.03) 0.04  0.71 
 1.13 
 3.10 
EQTY  0.67  0.01  0.01  0.07  0.83 
 1.25 
 3.51