Short Duration Correlations

ASYDX Fund  USD 9.08  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Strategic and Select Fund Investor is 0.08 (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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Strategic and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Duration Strategic 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 Strategic. 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 small area income & poverty estimates.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.94AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.87AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.79CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.94AMKIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.95TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.95TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.95TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.87AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.87AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.87AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.94TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.94TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.87TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.87TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.94TWMIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.95TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.96TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.91TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.91TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.91TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.93TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.96TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.95TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.95TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.94NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.66TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.4TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.35TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.66TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.57TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.39TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.57TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.56TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr

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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AMKIXAMDVX
TWADXAMKIX
TWACXAMDVX
TWADXTWACX
TWCCXAMGIX
  

High negative correlations

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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  0.59  0.11  0.13  0.25  0.34 
 1.54 
 3.69 
AMEIX  0.64 (0.02)(0.04) 0.08  0.80 
 1.24 
 4.06 
AMGIX  0.67  0.20  0.26  0.37  0.12 
 1.60 
 8.67 
CDBCX  0.14  0.01 (0.45) 0.20  0.00 
 0.32 
 0.65 
AMKIX  0.75  0.22  0.22  0.43  0.42 
 1.92 
 4.05 
TWACX  0.05  0.00 (0.81) 0.11  0.00 
 0.11 
 0.33 
TWADX  0.54  0.18  0.13 (2.18) 0.30 
 1.27 
 3.18 
TWCCX  1.14  0.29  0.20  0.87  0.82 
 1.59 
 26.20 
TWCAX  0.73  0.02 (0.09)(0.01) 1.09 
 1.27 
 5.21 
TWCIX  0.73 (0.07)(0.08) 0.01  1.09 
 1.28 
 5.20