First Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Preferred and First Trust Managed is 0.48 (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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between First Trust Preferred and DJI is 0.54 (i.e., Very 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 census.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.72CWAIX First Trust ManagedPairCorr
  0.96FTMAX Franklin TempletonPairCorr
  0.99FTMCX First Trust MultiPairCorr
  0.99FDHIX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.99FDHCX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.99FDHAX First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.94VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.93VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.94VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.73FOVIX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.71FOVCX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  0.72FOVAX First Trust/confluencePairCorr
  1.0FPEIX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPECX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPEAX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0FPERX First Trust PreferredPairCorr
  1.0CPXIX Cohen Steers PrfrdPairCorr
  1.0CPXAX Cohen Steers PreferdPairCorr
  1.0CPXCX Cohen Steers PrefrdPairCorr
  1.0CPRRX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  1.0CPXZX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  1.0CPXFX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr
  1.0PRFCX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr
  1.0PPSIX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr
  1.0PPSAX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.81GAAKX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.8GAAGX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.75GPBFX Gmo E PlusPairCorr
  0.99FMSDX Fidelity Advisor MultiPairCorr
  0.89KNGLX Cboe Vest SpPairCorr
  0.96QTSSX Quantified TacticalPairCorr
  0.98VWINX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.95XHYIX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.97OAAIX Oppenheimer AggrssvPairCorr

Moving against First Mutual Fund

  0.35GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr

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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)(0.68)(0.14) 0.13 
 0.25 
 0.91 
FTMAX  0.13  0.01 (0.42) 0.20  0.03 
 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  0.01 (0.77) 0.49  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