First Trust Correlations

FPF Fund  USD 18.62  0.02  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Intermediate and Invesco Municipal Opportunity is 0.33 (i.e., Weak 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 Intermediate and DJI is 0.4 (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 Intermediate 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 Intermediate. Also, note that the market value of any fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in american community survey.

Moving together with First Fund

  0.8KF Korea ClosedPairCorr
  0.72FMY First Trust MortgagePairCorr
  0.81UTF Cohen And SteersPairCorr
  0.76ARBOX Absolute ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.63TIMUX Transamerica IntermediatePairCorr
  0.79DLDFX Destinations Low DurationPairCorr
  0.69VICSX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.83PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.89HTD John Hancock TaxPairCorr
  0.81SGDLX Sprott Gold EquityPairCorr
  0.66HRBDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.92RXRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.77ABNOX Ab Bond InflationPairCorr
  0.89DBIWX Dws Global MacroPairCorr
  0.87HWACX Hotchkis Wiley ValuePairCorr
  0.69BISMX Brandes InternationalPairCorr
  0.83GIOIX Guggenheim Macro OppPairCorr
  0.84EBSIX Campbell Systematic MacroPairCorr
  0.73EMBAX Unconstrained EmergingPairCorr

Moving against First Fund

  0.37TWN Taiwan ClosedPairCorr

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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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MVTKTF
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Fund performing well and First Trust Fund 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
JPT  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
RFM  0.42 (0.04) 0.00 (0.25) 0.00 
 0.72 
 2.83 
KTF  0.36 (0.03) 0.00 (0.37) 0.00 
 0.75 
 2.76 
MVT  0.52  0.01  0.06  0.02  0.63 
 0.95 
 3.47 
MFM  0.61 (0.01) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.12 
 3.55 
FIF  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
FEN  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
FTF  0.47 (0.01) 0.00 (0.08) 0.00 
 0.81 
 3.29 
FOCS  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
FCT  0.35  0.00  0.08  0.05  0.40 
 0.79 
 3.38