Basic Materials Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Basic Materials Ultr and American High Income Municipal is 0.24 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Basic Materials 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.

Basic Materials Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Basic Materials Ultrasector and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Basic Materials Ultrasector and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Basic Mutual Fund

  0.85UJPIX Ultrajapan ProfundPairCorr
  0.92MLPSX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.92MLPIX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.61ENPSX Oil Gas UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.62ENPIX Oil Gas UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.81ULPIX Ultrabull ProfundPairCorr
  0.84ULPSX Ultrabull ProfundPairCorr
  0.74WCPIX Mobile TelecommunicatioPairCorr
  0.75WCPSX Mobile TelecommunicatioPairCorr
  0.68CYPSX Consumer ServicesPairCorr
  0.69CYPIX Consumer ServicesPairCorr
  0.86SVPIX Small Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.9SVPSX Small Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.92UMPSX Ultramid Cap ProfundPairCorr
  0.93UMPIX Ultramid Cap ProfundPairCorr

Moving against Basic Mutual Fund

  0.91UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.91UIPSX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.75UJPSX Ultrajapan ProfundPairCorr
  0.6UKPSX Ultrashort Japan ProfundPairCorr
  0.6UKPIX Ultrashort Japan ProfundPairCorr
  0.54BRPSX Bear Profund BearPairCorr
  0.53BRPIX Bear Profund BearPairCorr
  0.47GVPSX Us Government PlusPairCorr
  0.45GVPIX Us Government PlusPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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