First Trust Correlations

FCAL Etf  USD 49.70  0.07  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust California and First Trust Municipal is 0.66 (i.e., Poor diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as First Trust moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if First Trust California moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between First Trust California and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust California 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 California. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in nation.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.91CMF iShares California MuniPairCorr
  0.94PWZ Invesco California AMTPairCorr
  0.69SCHP Schwab TIPS ETFPairCorr
  0.67TIP iShares TIPS BondPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.85YCS ProShares UltraShort YenPairCorr
  0.56UAE iShares MSCI UAEPairCorr
  0.43LDRI iShares TrustPairCorr
  0.41XHLF Bondbloxx ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.32FNGO MicroSectors FANG IndexPairCorr
  0.31BCD abrdn Bloomberg AllPairCorr
  0.68AVL Direxion Daily AVGOPairCorr
  0.44FLOT iShares Floating Rate Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.41SGOV iShares 0 3PairCorr
  0.41TFLO iShares Treasury FloatingPairCorr
  0.39PULS PGIM Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.35CMCI VanEck CMCI CommodityPairCorr
  0.31DJAN First Trust ExchangePairCorr

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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 Competition 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
META  1.30  0.26  0.16  0.64  1.38 
 3.22 
 7.11 
MSFT  0.99 (0.06) 0.00 (0.23) 0.00 
 2.20 
 10.31 
UBER  1.88  0.15  0.05 (2.68) 2.72 
 4.72 
 12.29 
F  1.35 (0.21) 0.00 (0.27) 0.00 
 2.46 
 10.97 
T  0.92  0.24  0.21  0.47  0.95 
 1.80 
 7.94 
A  1.09  0.08  0.07  0.13  1.03 
 2.81 
 6.12 
CRM  1.43 (0.07) 0.00 (0.08) 0.00 
 3.10 
 15.92 
JPM  0.90  0.08  0.06  0.11  1.21 
 1.92 
 6.85 
MRK  1.22 (0.07) 0.00 (1.13) 0.00 
 2.43 
 11.57 
XOM  0.94 (0.13) 0.00 (0.24) 0.00 
 1.76 
 5.69