Balanced Fund Correlations

BLNIX Fund  USD 14.62  0.09  0.62%   
The current 90-days correlation between Balanced Fund Instit and Dodge Global Stock is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Balanced Fund 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.

Balanced Fund Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Balanced Fund Institutional and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Balanced Fund Institutional 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 Balanced Fund Institutional. 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 Balanced Mutual Fund

  0.98SRUAX Spectrum Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.98SRUIX Spectrum Fund InstitPairCorr
  0.88QNTAX Quantex Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.88QNTIX Quantex Fund InstituPairCorr
  1.0BLNAX Balanced Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.74FLBDX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.96FLCGX Quantex Fund RetailPairCorr
  0.82FLDOX Dividend OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.86FLDGX Dynamic GrowthPairCorr
  0.87FLDFX Balanced Fund RetailPairCorr
  0.65FLFGX Global OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.86FLMIX Muirfield Fund InstiPairCorr
  0.97FLMFX Muirfield Fund RetailPairCorr
  0.86FLMAX Muirfield Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.98FLSPX Spectrum Fund RetailPairCorr
  0.95DVOIX Dividend OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.94DVOAX Dividend OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.73BNDAX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.75BNDIX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.67GBPAX Global OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.67GBPIX Global OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.99DYGIX Dynamic GrowthPairCorr
  0.99DYGAX Dynamic GrowthPairCorr
  0.76SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.75SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.77RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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