Applied Finance Correlations

AFALX Fund  USD 12.41  0.04  0.32%   
The current 90-days correlation between Applied Finance Core and Tanaka Growth Fund is 0.36 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Applied Finance 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.

Applied Finance Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Applied Finance Core and DJI is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Applied Finance Core 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 Applied Finance Core. 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 industry.

Moving together with Applied Mutual Fund

  1.0AFAZX Applied Finance CorePairCorr
  0.89AFDVX Applied Finance ExplorerPairCorr
  0.92AFDZX Applied Finance ExplorerPairCorr
  0.9AFVZX Applied Finance SelectPairCorr
  0.81AFVLX Applied Finance SelectPairCorr
  0.97VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.88AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.88WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.92WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.9FWWMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.9FWMMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.88DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.9AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.93SHLMX Stone Harbor LocalPairCorr
  0.63HYMOX Lord Abbett HighPairCorr
  0.89RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.73DSM Bny Mellon StrategicPairCorr
  0.91PTLCX Low DurationPairCorr
  0.75FFRDX Franklin Floating RatePairCorr
  0.77PEO Adams Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.91UTVNX My529 Short TermPairCorr
  0.88TRPBX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.89ARCFX Arbitrage CreditPairCorr
  0.66SNEMX Emerging Markets PorPairCorr
  0.75FACVX Fidelity ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.91SECPX Sdit Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.92HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.9ISGDX Columbia Integrated SmallPairCorr
  0.86RGBGX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.9TRFHX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.96FISRX Franklin IncomePairCorr
  0.94HDSIX Hodges Small CapPairCorr
  0.84ABRJX Abr Enhanced ShortPairCorr
  0.86LNYAX Columbia Amt FreePairCorr
  0.81CFNAX American Funds FundaPairCorr

Moving against Applied Mutual Fund

  0.52AMRMX American MutualPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

ADVGXCVLEX
RSJNCVLEX
MGPIXRSJN
ADVGXRSJN
DIVERSJN
DIVEADVGX
  

High negative correlations

RYUIXGTTMX
RYUIXCVLEX
ADVGXRYUIX
RYUIXRSJN
DIVERYUIX
RYUIXMGPIX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Applied Mutual Fund performing well and Applied Finance 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 Applied Finance'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
CVLEX  0.59  0.06  0.07  0.15  0.56 
 1.28 
 4.06 
RSJN  0.34  0.00 (0.07) 0.08  0.36 
 0.85 
 2.04 
PCIG  0.78 (0.11) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 1.32 
 5.30 
MGPIX  0.80  0.02  0.02  0.09  0.83 
 1.66 
 3.95 
LPRE  0.69  0.06 (0.01) 1.45  0.92 
 1.73 
 4.33 
GTTMX  1.09  0.38  0.43  0.52  0.16 
 1.50 
 23.89 
RYUIX  0.59 (0.09) 0.00 (0.17) 0.00 
 1.14 
 4.31 
ADVGX  0.94  0.09  0.09  0.15  0.92 
 2.53 
 7.05 
DIVE  0.63  0.07  0.02  0.40  0.77 
 1.43 
 4.25 
TGFRX  1.38 (0.07)(0.02) 0.02  2.01 
 2.62 
 9.93