First Trust Correlations

GJUL Etf   36.30  0.28  0.77%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Exchange and FT Vest Equity is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no 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 Exchange Traded moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Exchange Traded and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Exchange Traded and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust Exchange Traded. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in employment.

Moving together with First Etf

  1.0BUFR First Trust CboePairCorr
  1.0BUFD FT Cboe VestPairCorr
  1.0PSEP Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.98PJAN Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  1.0PJUL Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  1.0PAUG Innovator Equity PowerPairCorr
  0.99DNOV FT Cboe VestPairCorr
  0.89PMAY Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.99PJUN Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.64WGMI Valkyrie Bitcoin MinersPairCorr
  0.86BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.82WMT WalmartPairCorr
  0.86HD Home DepotPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.43PMBS PIMCO Mortgage BackedPairCorr
  0.4AMPD Tidal Trust IIPairCorr
  0.36FXY Invesco CurrencySharesPairCorr
  0.34MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
  0.53TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.5VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.33JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr

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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   
JPMMETA
CRMMSFT
CRMA
TUBER
AMSFT
XOMT
  
High negative correlations   
MRKUBER
TMSFT
MRKMETA
CRMT
MRKT
MRKJPM

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  1.63  0.03  0.01  0.02  2.30 
 2.96 
 8.90 
MSFT  1.11 (0.21) 0.00 (0.24) 0.00 
 2.58 
 10.31 
UBER  1.89  0.35  0.15  0.55  2.08 
 4.72 
 12.75 
F  1.44  0.10  0.05  0.09  2.16 
 2.71 
 10.14 
T  0.99  0.29  0.17  0.54  1.45 
 1.90 
 11.66 
A  1.16 (0.19) 0.00 (0.18) 0.00 
 2.92 
 9.03 
CRM  1.40 (0.29) 0.00 (0.24) 0.00 
 2.72 
 8.88 
JPM  1.14  0.06  0.03  0.24  1.76 
 2.16 
 6.85 
MRK  1.24 (0.18) 0.00  1.61  0.00 
 2.07 
 11.58 
XOM  1.03  0.13  0.09  0.29  1.29 
 2.55 
 5.89