First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Managed and Rational Real Strategies is 0.05 (i.e., Significant 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between First Trust Managed and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Managed and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust Managed. 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

  0.96VWITX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.96VWIUX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.98AFTEX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.84AFTFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.92TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.98TFEBX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.89FLTMX Fidelity IntermediatePairCorr
  0.98MDNLX Blackrock NationalPairCorr
  0.97MFNLX Blackrock Natl MuniPairCorr
  0.77NHIEX Neuberger Berman IncomePairCorr
  0.75PDINX Putnam Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.76IIBAX Voya Intermediate BondPairCorr
  0.76JTOIX Multimanager LifestylePairCorr
  0.77MCTAX Massmutual RetiresmartPairCorr
  0.73MSPHX Massmutual Select TotalPairCorr
  0.61IGFAX Vy Morgan StanleyPairCorr
  0.62JSEAX Jpmorgan InternationalPairCorr

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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.