Short Duration Correlations

APOIX Fund  USD 10.44  0.01  0.1%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Inflation and Select Fund Investor is 0.05 (i.e., Significant 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 0.71 (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

  0.88AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.71AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.83CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.86AMKIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.89TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.9TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.88TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.89TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.72AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.72AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.72AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.91TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.91TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.74TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.74TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.86TWMIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.92TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.93TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.79TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.79TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.79TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.89TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.9TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.9TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.91TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.83NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.62TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.34TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.62TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.52TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.33TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.52TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.48TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr

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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TWACXAMDVX
TWADXAMKIX
TWADXTWACX
AMKIXAMDVX
TWCCXAMGIX
  

High negative correlations

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TWCIXAMDVX
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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
AMDVX  0.60  0.11  0.13  0.21  0.43 
 1.54 
 3.69 
AMEIX  0.63 (0.02)(0.03) 0.05  0.82 
 1.24 
 4.06 
AMGIX  0.66  0.21  0.29  0.36  0.05 
 1.60 
 8.67 
CDBCX  0.14  0.01 (0.31) 0.14  0.00 
 0.32 
 0.65 
AMKIX  0.73  0.20  0.21  0.37  0.47 
 1.92 
 4.05 
TWACX  0.05  0.00 (0.58) 0.06  0.00 
 0.11 
 0.33 
TWADX  0.55  0.00  0.13  0.00  0.37 
 1.27 
 3.18 
TWCCX  1.13  0.27  0.20  0.83  0.83 
 1.45 
 26.20 
TWCAX  0.72 (0.03) 0.00  0.39  0.00 
 1.27 
 5.21 
TWCIX  0.73 (0.08) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 1.28 
 5.20