First Trust Correlations

CWAIX Fund  USD 19.75  0.04  0.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Managed and Franklin Templeton Multi Asset is -0.04 (i.e., Good 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

Good diversification

The correlation between First Trust Managed and DJI is -0.15 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Managed and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust Managed. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.71FTMAX Franklin TempletonPairCorr
  0.74FTMCX First Trust MultiPairCorr
  0.79FDHIX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.79FDHCX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.79FDHAX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.7VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.71VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.69VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.69FOVIX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.68FOVCX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.69FOVAX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.78FPEIX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.76FPEFX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.76FPECX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.76FPEAX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.78FPERX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  0.9VWITX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.9VWIUX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.88AFTEX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.88AFTFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.86TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.89TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.89TFEBX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.87FLTMX Fidelity IntermediatePairCorr
  0.91MDNLX Blackrock NationalPairCorr
  0.89MFNLX Blackrock Natl MuniPairCorr
  0.8NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.77FHAPX Fidelity Freedom BlendPairCorr
  0.78SCGCX Qs Moderate GrowthPairCorr
  0.74SHDRX American Beacon ShapiroPairCorr
  0.75NASDX Nasdaq 100 IndexPairCorr
  0.77VTRVX Voya Target InPairCorr
  0.75FAEGX Fidelity Advisor EquityPairCorr
  0.74JSGIX John Hancock StrategicPairCorr
  0.8ACYIX High Yield FundPairCorr
  0.77STLYX Simt Tax ManagedPairCorr
  0.9WFRTX Wells Fargo IntermediatePairCorr

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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  0.12  0.01 (0.63)(0.25) 0.07 
 0.31 
 1.07 
FTMAX  0.14  0.03 (0.43)(0.47) 0.06 
 0.30 
 1.23 
FTMCX  0.11  0.03 (0.50) 0.36  0.00 
 0.29 
 0.79 
FDHIX  0.11  0.04 (0.68) 0.55  0.00 
 0.45 
 0.75 
FDHCX  0.10  0.04 (0.76) 0.51  0.00 
 0.45 
 0.69 
FDHAX  0.10  0.04 (0.73) 0.55  0.00 
 0.45 
 0.67 
VARBX  0.08  0.02 (0.58) 0.58  0.00 
 0.18 
 0.83 
VARCX  0.07  0.02 (0.73) 4.71  0.00 
 0.19 
 0.75 
VARAX  0.08  0.02 (0.58) 0.81  0.00 
 0.19 
 0.85 
FOVIX  0.96 (0.06)(0.04) 0.08  1.08 
 2.05 
 5.96