Applied Finance Correlations

AFVLX Fund  USD 23.50  0.15  0.64%   
The current 90-days correlation between Applied Finance Select and Simt Tax Managed Managed is 0.69 (i.e., Poor 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Applied Finance Select 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 Applied Finance Select 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 Select. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Applied Mutual Fund

  0.76AFALX Applied Finance CorePairCorr
  0.7AFAZX Applied Finance CorePairCorr
  0.94AFDVX Applied Finance ExplorerPairCorr
  0.78AFDZX Applied Finance ExplorerPairCorr
  0.64AFVZX Applied Finance SelectPairCorr
  0.85VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.73AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.73WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.93WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.91DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.66AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.66AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.85CBURX Columbia Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.63DCPCX Bny Mellon InsightPairCorr
  0.69NSMCX Nuveen Nwq SmallmidPairCorr
  0.91CAAMX Invesco ServativePairCorr
  0.72USHYX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.76BMCCX Blackrock Advantage LargePairCorr
  0.62PUFCX Prudential FinancialPairCorr
  0.63ASGI Aberdeen Standard GlobalPairCorr

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

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GWEIXEGORX
GWEIXMDLVX
FOSBXEGORX
FOSCXEGORX
FOSBXSTMPX
  

High negative correlations

MIMSXTMMAX
MIMSXEGORX
MIMSXGWEIX
FOSCXMIMSX
FOSBXMIMSX
MIMSXMDLVX

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
STVYX  0.36 (0.03)(0.11)(0.01) 0.47 
 0.81 
 2.20 
EGORX  0.74  0.09  0.08  0.16  0.81 
 1.39 
 8.69 
WFLLX  0.37  0.07  0.03  1.38  0.21 
 0.96 
 2.56 
TMMAX  1.02  0.47  0.75 (6.77) 0.00 
 0.89 
 32.02 
STMPX  0.79 (0.04)(0.03) 0.02  1.05 
 1.81 
 4.11 
MDLVX  0.58  0.10  0.12  0.17  0.52 
 1.20 
 4.21 
GWEIX  0.93  0.13  0.13  0.18  0.84 
 1.83 
 8.58 
MIMSX  2.70 (1.49) 0.00 (0.46) 0.00 
 1.45 
 90.44 
FOSBX  0.90  0.03  0.05  0.08  0.84 
 2.11 
 9.96 
FOSCX  0.90  0.03  0.05  0.07  0.85 
 2.16 
 10.02