First Trust Correlations

FPEI Etf  USD 18.76  0.04  0.21%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Institutional and First Trust Preferred is 0.82 (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 Institutional and DJI is 0.53 (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 Institutional 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 Institutional. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in income.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.95FPE First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.96VRP Invesco Variable RatePairCorr
  0.64PGF Invesco FinancialPairCorr
  0.78SHLD Global X FundsPairCorr
  0.78GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.88KO Coca Cola Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.64INTC IntelPairCorr
  0.7TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.76MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr
  0.92JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.8CSCO Cisco Systems Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.85IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.94T ATT Inc Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.85MCD McDonaldsPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.36WINN Harbor Long TermPairCorr
  0.67AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.6CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.41HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.37AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.31BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr

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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  1.61  0.05  0.02  0.04  2.24 
 2.96 
 8.90 
MSFT  1.07 (0.17) 0.00 (0.20) 0.00 
 2.58 
 10.31 
UBER  1.92  0.31  0.14  0.48  2.11 
 4.72 
 12.75 
F  1.44  0.11  0.05 (0.36) 2.16 
 2.71 
 10.14 
T  0.99  0.29  0.17 (24.36) 1.45 
 1.90 
 11.66 
A  1.13 (0.15) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 2.92 
 9.03 
CRM  1.38 (0.27) 0.00 (0.22) 0.00 
 2.72 
 8.88 
JPM  1.09  0.14  0.08  0.11  1.55 
 2.16 
 6.85 
MRK  1.22 (0.15) 0.00  1.32  0.00 
 2.07 
 11.58 
XOM  1.02  0.17  0.12  0.40  1.24 
 2.55 
 5.89