First Trust Correlations

FPE Etf  USD 17.81  0.04  0.23%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Preferred and Invesco Variable Rate is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor 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.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between First Trust Preferred and DJI is 0.51 (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 Preferred 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 Preferred. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in american community survey.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.76PGX Invesco Preferred ETF Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.65PFFD Global X PreferredPairCorr
  0.96VRP Invesco Variable RatePairCorr
  0.8PGF Invesco FinancialPairCorr
  0.73PSK SPDR ICE PreferredPairCorr
  0.95FPEI First Trust InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.77PFFA Virtus InfraCap PreferredPairCorr
  0.62SHLD Global X FundsPairCorr
  0.69LUX Tema ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.68DUKH Ocean Park HighPairCorr
  0.74SMI VanEck Vectors ETFPairCorr
  0.68GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.76KO Coca ColaPairCorr
  0.71MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr
  0.78JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.79CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.8IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.84T ATT Inc Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.73MCD McDonaldsPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.49AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.41CAT CaterpillarPairCorr

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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.