First Trust Correlations

FICS Etf  USD 37.29  0.23  0.62%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust International and Strategy Shares is 0.18 (i.e., Average 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between First Trust International and DJI is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust International 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 International. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in main economic indicators.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.92EFG iShares MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.93VIGI Vanguard InternationalPairCorr
  0.65IHDG WisdomTree InternationalPairCorr
  0.7CGXU Capital Group InternPairCorr
  0.66DNL WisdomTree GlobalPairCorr
  0.93IQDG WisdomTree InternationalPairCorr
  0.92PIZ Invesco DWA DevelopedPairCorr
  0.97IDHQ Invesco SP InternationalPairCorr
  0.76BKCI BNY Mellon ETFPairCorr
  0.88GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.91VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.7CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.65INTC Intel Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.84IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.78MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr
  0.77TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.95T ATT Inc Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.91KO Coca ColaPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.67WTMF WisdomTree ManagedPairCorr
  0.64MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
  0.51OIH VanEck Oil ServicesPairCorr
  0.39ARKW ARK Next GenerationPairCorr
  0.31BST BlackRock Science TechPairCorr
  0.75MSFT Microsoft Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.72AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.6CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.53HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.5DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr

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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 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.