Short Duration Correlations

APOIX Fund  USD 10.47  0.02  0.19%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Inflation and Deutsche Sp 500 is 0.26 (i.e., Modest 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Inflation and DJI is 0.69 (i.e., Poor 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 signals in gross domestic product.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.91AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.7AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.86CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.9AMKIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.9TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.9TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.9TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.91TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.72AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.72AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.72AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.92TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.93TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.74TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.75TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.89TWMIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.94TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.93TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.83TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.82TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.83TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.91TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.92TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.92TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.91TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.81NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.7TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.5TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.48TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.7TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.6TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.53TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.34TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.6TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.59TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr

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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.