First Trust Variance
| MFLX Etf | | | USD 17.08 -0.16 -0.93% |
The Variance profile for First Trust Flexible is based on historical price and volume observations. All inputs reflect available trading data across supported markets. First Trust has a market cap of 593.52 M, operating margin of 3.92%, ROE of 0.16%. Use
Correlation Analysis to view allocation positioning. Allocation details are provided as informational context. Position-level data supports the allocation summary. This view summarizes available data without implying outcomes. This captures an allocation to First Trust Flexible. This is part of the broader portfolio composition. How positions are weighted depends on the construction approach used. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.
First Trust Flexible has current Variance of 0.0638. Variance is another measure of security risk that shows the amount of dispersion of equity returns around their mean value. Variance is calculated as the average squared deviations from the mean. Evaluating a set of investment alternatives one can use variance to help determine the volatility when purchasing a specific security. Similar to Standard Deviation, the variance is a measure of how far a set of numbers is spread out around its mean.
Variance | = | SUM(RET DEV)2N |
| = | 0.0638 | |
| SUM | = | Summation notation |
| RET DEV | = | Actual returns deviation over selected period |
| N | = | Number of points for the period |
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First Trust Flexible is rated
below average in variance compared to similar ETFs. It is currently under evaluation in maximum drawdown compared to similar ETFs reporting about
31.05 of Maximum Drawdown per Variance. At
31.05 , First Trust Flexible's Maximum Drawdown-to-Variance multiple reflects the spread between these metrics
Variance is also a measure of stock volatility and can help determine the risk an investor might take on when purchasing a specific security. A relatively big variance indicates that the daily prices or returns are far from the mean and a small variance indicates that they are located around the mean.
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