Short Term Correlations

ASBAX Fund  USD 9.53  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Bond and Income Fund Of is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Short Term 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 Term Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Short Term Bond Fund and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Bond Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.72FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.49AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.48RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.48AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.43AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.42AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.38RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.37RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.36RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.34RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.33RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.32RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.32RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.32RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.48AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.48AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.34RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53CDWEX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.53CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.53CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.49RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.49RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.49CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr

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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   
RNGHXRNGFX
AMFCXAMECX
AMEFXAMFFX
AMFFXAMFCX
AMEFXAMFCX
AMEFXAMECX
  
High negative correlations   
FPPPXAMFCX
FPPPXAMFFX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short Mutual Fund performing well and Short Term 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 Term'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
AMECX  0.39 (0.06) 0.00 (0.20) 0.00 
 0.67 
 3.18 
RNEBX  0.57 (0.14) 0.00 (1.05) 0.00 
 0.89 
 4.01 
AMFCX  0.52 (0.11) 0.00 (0.18) 0.00 
 0.90 
 6.56 
AMFFX  0.53 (0.09) 0.00 (2.36) 0.00 
 0.91 
 6.50 
RNCCX  0.30 (0.04) 0.00 (0.20) 0.00 
 0.52 
 2.16 
FPPPX  0.10 (0.01)(0.16)(0.35) 0.11 
 0.21 
 0.75 
AMEFX  0.39 (0.06) 0.00 (0.31) 0.00 
 0.72 
 3.15 
RNGGX  0.88 (0.10) 0.00  2.63  0.00 
 1.44 
 10.95 
RNGFX  0.89 (0.11) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.43 
 10.94 
RNGHX  0.89 (0.11) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.44 
 11.07