Applied Finance Correlations

AFVLX Fund  USD 24.00  0.09  0.38%   
The current 90-days correlation between Applied Finance Select and Small Pany Fund is 0.62 (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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Applied Finance Select and DJI is 0.97 (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 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

  0.82AFALX Applied Finance CorePairCorr
  0.78AFAZX Applied Finance CorePairCorr
  0.92AFDVX Applied Finance ExplorerPairCorr
  0.87AFDZX Applied Finance ExplorerPairCorr
  0.88AFVZX Applied Finance SelectPairCorr
  0.83VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.97AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.88WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.97WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.87FWWMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.87FWMMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.93DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.8AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.86AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.77PDI Pimco Dynamic IncomePairCorr
  0.88JVACX Jpmorgan Value AdvantagePairCorr
  0.82TSMTX Tiaa Cref LifestylePairCorr
  0.79NSOIX North Star OpportunityPairCorr
  0.91VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.94FTMSX Fuller Thaler BehavioralPairCorr
  0.62KNPCX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.67GRERX Goldman Sachs RealPairCorr
  0.9CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.68GRETX Goldman Sachs RealPairCorr
  0.71LCSMX Martin Currie Sma Steady GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Applied Mutual Fund

  0.73TCTGX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.72TDKTX Cleartrack 2015 ClassPairCorr
  0.41USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.92UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.72TCTJX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.71TCSUX Cleartrack 2020 ClassPairCorr
  0.53CESGX Coho Relative ValuePairCorr
  0.39USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr

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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GWEIXSTMPX
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MDLVXSTMPX
  

High negative correlations

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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  1.02  0.56  0.89 (112.60) 0.00 
 1.15 
 32.38 
EGORX  0.66 (0.01)(0.03) 0.08  0.74 
 1.14 
 4.65 
WFLLX  0.37  0.06 (0.04) 0.49  0.21 
 0.96 
 2.56 
TMMAX  1.02  0.56  0.89 (53.52) 0.00 
 1.15 
 32.53 
STMPX  0.82  0.14  0.17  0.22  0.55 
 2.35 
 5.31 
MDLVX  0.57  0.22  0.20 (14.11) 0.20 
 1.40 
 4.87 
GWEIX  0.88  0.20  0.20  0.32  0.54 
 2.24 
 9.45 
MIMSX  2.68 (1.48) 0.00 (0.45) 0.00 
 1.68 
 90.44 
FOSBX  0.91  0.19  0.26  0.24  0.41 
 2.29 
 10.77 
FOSCX  0.91  0.19  0.25  0.24  0.41 
 2.28 
 10.83