First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Exchange and FT Cboe Vest is 0.98 (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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Exchange Traded and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Exchange Traded and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with First Etf

  0.83BUFR First Trust CboePairCorr
  0.83BUFD FT Cboe VestPairCorr
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  0.87PJAN Innovator SP 500PairCorr
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  0.86PAUG Innovator Equity PowerPairCorr
  0.81DNOV FT Cboe VestPairCorr
  0.99PMAY Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.91PJUN Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.69BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
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Moving against First Etf

  0.57MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr

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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.