Boston Partners Correlations

BPSIX Fund  USD 27.14  0.16  0.59%   
The current 90-days correlation between Boston Partners Small and Boston Partners Small is 0.7 (i.e., 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Boston Partners Small and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor 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.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Boston Partners Small. 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

  0.82OPTCX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.73BPAVX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.85BPAIX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.75WPGTX Wpg Partners SmallmicroPairCorr
  0.82BPGIX Boston Partners GlobalPairCorr
  0.82BPIRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.7BPLSX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.91BPRRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.92BPSCX Boston Partners SmallPairCorr
  0.96VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.95DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.92UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.87UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.93UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.76VSMCX Invesco Small CapPairCorr
  0.76PMPIX Precious Metals Ultr Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.74PMPSX Precious Metals Ultr Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.73FRGOX Franklin Gold PreciousPairCorr
  0.74MIDSX Midas Fund MidasPairCorr
  0.66FKRCX Franklin Gold PreciousPairCorr
  0.78OCMAX Ocm Mutual FundPairCorr
  0.77SMVTX Ridgeworth Ceredex MidPairCorr
  0.7CITCX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.68VWENX Vanguard WellingtonPairCorr
  0.62RBERX Rbc Bluebay EmergingPairCorr
  0.61NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.71PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.84ETEGX Eaton Vance SmallPairCorr
  0.89LRSOX Lord Abbett SmallPairCorr
  0.78RYHOX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr

Moving against Boston Mutual Fund

  0.84BELSX Boston Partners EmergingPairCorr
  0.59BPGSX Rbb FundPairCorr

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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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
BPSCX  0.86  0.12  0.11  0.20  0.77 
 2.21 
 7.92 
EGORX  0.76  0.10  0.09  0.20  0.74 
 1.39 
 8.69 
WFLLX  0.37  0.07 (0.01) 1.08  0.21 
 0.96 
 2.56 
MDLVX  0.61  0.14  0.10  0.63  0.53 
 1.20 
 4.41 
AFVLX  0.65 (0.02)(0.02) 0.06  0.78 
 1.41 
 3.02 
HFEIX  0.57  0.05  0.03  0.16  0.53 
 1.31 
 3.37 
IMIDX  1.18  0.05  0.07  0.12  1.06 
 1.91 
 18.01 
MIMSX  2.71 (1.51) 0.00 (0.45) 0.00 
 1.65 
 90.44 
HFETX  0.57  0.07 (0.01) 0.52  0.59 
 1.30 
 3.36 
CHDEX  0.70 (0.14) 0.00 (1.42) 0.00 
 0.91 
 13.27