Boston Partners Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Boston Partners Small and Boston Partners Longshort is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification). 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 Small and DJI is 0.97 (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 Small and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Boston Mutual Fund

  0.95OPTCX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.91BPAVX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.91BPAIX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.96WPGTX Wpg Partners SmallmicroPairCorr
  0.96WPGSX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.93BPGIX Boston Partners GlobalPairCorr
  0.9BPIRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.84BPLEX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.9BPLSX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.97BPRRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.96BPSCX Boston Partners SmallPairCorr
  0.97VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.97VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.96DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.89VSMCX Invesco Small CapPairCorr
  0.94VSCAX Invesco Small CapPairCorr
  0.96UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.96UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.83PDI Pimco Dynamic IncomePairCorr
  0.94PDAQX Pgim Target DatePairCorr
  0.92JMVAX Perkins Mid CapPairCorr
  0.78PGGYX Putnam Global IncmPairCorr
  0.72SMITX Invesco SummitPairCorr
  0.94PFPWX Parnassus EndeavorPairCorr
  0.95SWYOX Schwab Target 2065PairCorr
  0.87ANDIX Aqr InternationalPairCorr
  0.82VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.84PAIOX Pgim Jennison InternPairCorr

Moving against Boston Mutual Fund

  0.48BELSX Boston Partners EmergingPairCorr
  0.98UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.78TCTGX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.78TCTJX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.77TDKTX Cleartrack 2015 ClassPairCorr
  0.77TCSUX Cleartrack 2020 ClassPairCorr
  0.73CESGX Coho Relative ValuePairCorr
  0.31USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr

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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.