First Trust Correlations

FXU Etf  USD 45.02  0.04  0.09%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Utilities and First Trust IndustrialsProducer is 0.29 (i.e., Modest 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between First Trust Utilities and DJI is 0.35 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Utilities 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 Utilities. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in median.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.91XLU Utilities Select Sector Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.9VPU Vanguard Utilities IndexPairCorr
  0.9FUTY Fidelity MSCI UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.89IDU iShares Utilities ETFPairCorr
  0.89JXI iShares Global UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.63PUI Invesco DWA UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.63UTES Virtus Reaves UtilitiesPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.35VTV Vanguard Value Index Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.51SIXS 6 Meridian SmallPairCorr
  0.42SAWS AAM Sawgrass SmallPairCorr
  0.39QQJG Invesco ESG NASDAQPairCorr
  0.37APRT AllianzIM Large CapPairCorr
  0.59EQRR ProShares Equities forPairCorr
  0.58AVUV Avantis Small CapPairCorr
  0.44SCJ iShares MSCI JapanPairCorr
  0.41SIL Global X SilverPairCorr
  0.36AJUL Innovator Equity DefinedPairCorr
  0.36PLTM GraniteShares Platinum Buyout TrendPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
FXR  0.82 (0.02) 0.00  0.06  1.03 
 1.69 
 4.31 
FXL  1.14 (0.08)(0.03) 0.02  1.66 
 2.00 
 6.36 
FEX  0.68 (0.03)(0.02) 0.05  0.96 
 1.25 
 3.61 
SMMD  0.85 (0.04)(0.01) 0.05  1.09 
 1.57 
 4.55 
FXO  0.75 (0.03)(0.01) 0.05  1.12 
 1.58 
 5.25 
FLQM  0.58 (0.04)(0.07) 0.03  0.74 
 1.34 
 3.24 
EWA  0.66 (0.03)(0.05) 0.04  0.88 
 1.25 
 3.80 
FXH  0.73  0.03  0.02  0.10  0.82 
 1.88 
 4.18 
IDU  0.58 (0.04) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 1.11 
 3.68 
FSMD  0.67 (0.04)(0.04) 0.04  0.86 
 1.52 
 3.62