First Trust Correlations

FPEAX Fund  USD 19.78  0.02  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Preferred and First Trust Managed is 0.4 (i.e., Very 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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between First Trust Preferred and DJI is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Preferred 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 Preferred. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in nation.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.96FDHIX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.96FDHCX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.96FDHAX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.9VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.9VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.9VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.7FOVIX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.69FOVCX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.7FOVAX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  1.0FPEIX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPEFX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPECX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPERX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.99CPXIX Cohen Steers PrfrdPairCorr
  0.99CPXAX Cohen Steers PreferdPairCorr
  0.99CPXCX Cohen Steers PrefrdPairCorr
  0.99CPRRX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.99CPXZX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.99CPXFX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  0.99PRFCX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.99PPSIX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.99PPSAX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.61GPBFX Gmo E PlusPairCorr
  0.75ACPSX Invesco E PlusPairCorr
  0.94MCINX Mainstay ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.95DDDRX Delaware Wealth BuilderPairCorr
  0.86PBSIX Polen Small PanyPairCorr
  0.94EPASX Ep Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.93PDX Pimco Energy TacticalPairCorr
  0.93SPVZX Prudential Qma Mid-capPairCorr
  0.94DILAX Davis InternationalPairCorr

Moving against First Mutual Fund

  0.4PQTAX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.39PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.38PQTIX Aa Pimco TrPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Mutual Fund performing well and First Trust Mutual 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
CWAIX  0.23 (0.01) 0.00  0.20  0.00 
 0.50 
 2.87 
FTMAX  0.17  0.00 (0.25) 0.11  0.25 
 0.30 
 1.28 
FTMCX  0.15  0.02 (0.21) 0.28  0.13 
 0.30 
 0.94 
FDHIX  0.13  0.02 (0.21) 0.32  0.14 
 0.45 
 0.80 
FDHCX  0.13  0.02 (0.21) 0.29  0.16 
 0.40 
 0.91 
FDHAX  0.13  0.02 (0.21) 0.31  0.14 
 0.45 
 0.80 
VARBX  0.09  0.02 (0.44) 0.57  0.00 
 0.19 
 0.83 
VARCX  0.08  0.01 (0.54) 0.44  0.00 
 0.19 
 0.75 
VARAX  0.09  0.02 (0.43) 0.62  0.00 
 0.19 
 0.85 
FOVIX  1.22 (0.06)(0.03) 0.04  1.64 
 2.32 
 10.74