First Trust Correlations

FDN Etf  USD 238.84  4.08  1.74%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Dow and First Trust Cloud is 0.98 (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 Dow moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between First Trust Dow and DJI is -0.1 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Dow 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 Dow. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Moving together with First Etf

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  0.93SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETFPairCorr
  0.95CIBR First Trust NASDAQPairCorr
  0.98FTEC Fidelity MSCI InformationPairCorr
  0.98IGV iShares Expanded TechPairCorr
  0.99IGM iShares Expanded TechPairCorr
  0.9LUX Tema ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.95SWP SWP Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.68DUKH Ocean Park HighPairCorr
  1.0WINN Harbor Long TermPairCorr
  0.72SMI VanEck Vectors ETFPairCorr
  0.85HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.77MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr
  0.74BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.76CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.62PFE Pfizer IncPairCorr
  0.75WMT WalmartPairCorr
  0.74AA Alcoa Corp Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.91AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.69CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.73GE GE AerospacePairCorr

Moving against First Etf

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  0.66SHLD Global X FundsPairCorr
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  0.63KO Coca ColaPairCorr
  0.46MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.42TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr

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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.