Government Bond Correlations

ABTIX Fund  USD 9.39  0.02  0.21%   
The current 90-days correlation between Government Bond and Barings Emerging Markets is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Government Bond 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.

Government Bond Correlation With Market

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Very good diversification

The correlation between Government Bond Fund and DJI is -0.21 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Government Bond Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Government Mutual Fund

  0.94CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.63TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.61TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.61TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.66TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.66TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.65TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.66TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.92TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.93TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.64TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.93TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.67NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

Moving against Government Mutual Fund

  0.32TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Government Mutual Fund performing well and Government Bond 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 Government Bond'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.