First Trust Correlations

FXL Etf  USD 140.52  3.09  2.25%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Technology and First Trust Financials is 0.72 (i.e., Poor 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 Technology moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Technology and DJI is 0.63 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Technology 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 Technology. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in interest.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.92VGT Vanguard InformationPairCorr
  0.93XLK Technology Select SectorPairCorr
  0.94IYW iShares Technology ETFPairCorr
  0.86SMH VanEck Semiconductor ETFPairCorr
  0.87SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETFPairCorr
  0.92FTEC Fidelity MSCI InformationPairCorr
  0.97IGV iShares Expanded Tech Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.96FDN First Trust DowPairCorr
  0.98IGM iShares Expanded TechPairCorr
  0.97VTI Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.85GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin TrustPairCorr
  0.98VBK Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.68CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.94AXP American Express Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.69JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.9BAC Bank of America Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.73WMT Walmart Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.79BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.82HPQ HP IncPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.98FNGD MicroSectors FANG IndexPairCorr
  0.6JPST JPMorgan Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.36GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.32EEM iShares MSCI EmergingPairCorr
  0.71TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.69VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.61JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.49T ATT Inc Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.47MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.38PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.36XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Aggressive PushPairCorr

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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.