First Trust Correlations

FTCS Etf  USD 90.78  0.21  0.23%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Capital and First Trust Rising is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Capital and DJI is 0.87 (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 Capital 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 Capital. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in main economic indicators.

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  0.87VUG Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
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  0.9VB Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
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Moving against First Etf

  0.31MCD McDonaldsPairCorr

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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.