First Trust Specialty Fund Investor Sentiment

Far too much social signal, news, headlines, and media speculation about First Trust that are available to investors today. That information is available publicly through First media outlets and privately through word of mouth or via First internal channels. However, regardless of the origin, that massive amount of First data is challenging to quantify into actionable patterns, especially for investors that are not very sophisticated with ever-evolving tools and techniques used in the investment management field.

A primary focus of First Trust news analysis is to determine if its current price reflects all relevant headlines and social signals impacting the current market conditions. A news analyst typically looks at the history of First Trust relative headlines and hype rather than examining external drivers such as technical or fundamental data. It is believed that price action tends to repeat itself due to investors' collective, patterned thinking related to First Trust's headlines and news coverage data. This data is often completely overlooked or insufficiently analyzed for actionable insights to drive First Trust alpha.