Boston Partners Correlations

BPAIX Fund  USD 35.09  0.28  0.80%   
The current 90-days correlation between Boston Partners All and Boston Partners All Cap is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Boston Partners 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.

Boston Partners Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Boston Partners All Cap and DJI is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Boston Partners All Cap 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 Boston Partners All Cap. 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 Boston Mutual Fund

  0.87OPTCX Rbb FundPairCorr
  1.0BPAVX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.91WPGTX Wpg Partners SmallmicroPairCorr
  0.85WPGSX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.96BPIRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.91BPLEX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.79BPLSX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.96BPRRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.94BPSCX Boston Partners SmallPairCorr
  0.85VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.89DOXGX Dodge Cox StockPairCorr
  0.88AFMFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.78FFMMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.78FFFMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.87AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.78AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.78AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.94VIVAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.93VNSNX Vaughan Nelson SelectPairCorr
  0.87FXAIX Fidelity 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.94VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95GRSPX Greenspring Fund RetailPairCorr
  0.89SCRYX Small Cap CorePairCorr
  0.95WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr

Moving against Boston Mutual Fund

  0.66BGLSX Boston Partners GlobalPairCorr
  0.66BGRSX Boston Partners GlobalPairCorr

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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 Boston Mutual Fund performing well and Boston Partners 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 Boston Partners' 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.