First Trust Correlations

FGM Etf  USD 47.91  0.47  0.97%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Germany and First Trust Switzerland is 0.54 (i.e., Very weak 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 Germany moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between First Trust Germany and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Germany 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 Germany. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in price.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.75EWU iShares MSCI UnitedPairCorr
  0.65EWY iShares MSCI SouthPairCorr
  0.72EWL iShares MSCI SwitzerlandPairCorr
  0.77EWG iShares MSCI GermanyPairCorr
  0.7EWQ iShares MSCI FrancePairCorr
  0.8EWW iShares MSCI MexicoPairCorr
  0.89BND Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.93VEA Vanguard FTSE DevelopedPairCorr
  0.86GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.71TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.66MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.61PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.71KO Coca ColaPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.74VB Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.64VTI Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.62VUG Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.61SPY SPDR SP 500PairCorr
  0.61IVV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.48VO Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.38KSA iShares MSCI SaudiPairCorr
  0.37EWA iShares MSCI AustraliaPairCorr
  0.67AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.62BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.61HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.57DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.55AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.51HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.51CAT CaterpillarPairCorr

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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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CRMMSFT
TUBER
CRMA
AMSFT
JPMA
  
High negative correlations   
MRKUBER
TMSFT
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CRMT
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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  1.59  0.02  0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 2.57 
 8.90 
MSFT  1.12 (0.15) 0.00 (0.28) 0.00 
 2.58 
 10.31 
UBER  1.88  0.41  0.19  0.74  2.06 
 4.72 
 12.75 
F  1.47  0.07  0.03  0.00  2.22 
 2.71 
 10.14 
T  1.04  0.26  0.16  0.40  1.61 
 1.90 
 11.66 
A  1.15 (0.15) 0.00 (0.23) 0.00 
 2.92 
 9.03 
CRM  1.38 (0.27) 0.00 (0.31) 0.00 
 2.72 
 8.88 
JPM  1.10  0.09  0.05  0.02  1.74 
 1.99 
 6.85 
MRK  1.17 (0.11) 0.00  1.52  0.00 
 2.07 
 11.58 
XOM  1.06  0.11  0.10  0.17  1.39 
 2.55 
 5.89