Short Duration Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Inflation and Fbjygx is -0.21 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Short Duration 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.

Short Duration Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Inflation 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 Short Duration Inflation 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 Short Duration Inflation. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.96VTAPX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.97VTSPX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.64TRBFX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.81TRPZX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.86TRLDX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.97FSTZX Fidelity Series 0PairCorr
  0.8TIIWX Tiaa Cref InflationPairCorr
  0.68TIILX Tiaa Cref InflationPairCorr
  0.73TIIHX Tiaa Cref InflationPairCorr
  0.66PCIEX Pace International EquityPairCorr
  0.71TRRVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.73FMTIX Franklin ModeratePairCorr
  0.64FABZX K2 Alternative StrategiesPairCorr
  0.65RRTAX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.73PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.65FAWTX American Funds 2060PairCorr
  0.79PATRX Pimco All AssetPairCorr
  0.62AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.62BTIEX Deutsche Equity 500PairCorr
  0.73MIBLX Bny Mellon AssetPairCorr
  0.73HAVLX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.67RWICX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.8PAUPX Pimco All AssetPairCorr
  0.73JHRNX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.62IOEZX Icon Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.8PAUIX Pimco All AssetPairCorr
  0.68FFOLX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short Mutual Fund performing well and Short Duration 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 Short Duration'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.