Boston Partners Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Boston Partners Small and Boston Partners Longshort is 0.85 (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

  0.94OPTCX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.9BPAVX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.91BPAIX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.95WPGTX Wpg Partners SmallmicroPairCorr
  0.93WPGSX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.92BPGIX Boston Partners GlobalPairCorr
  0.89BPIRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.83BPLEX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.89BPLSX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.97BPRRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.95BPSCX Boston Partners SmallPairCorr
  0.96VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.94DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.95DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.89VSMCX Invesco Small CapPairCorr
  0.92VSCAX Invesco Small CapPairCorr
  0.95UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.93UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.8SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.8SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.7OSPPX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.7MLPNX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.68SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.69MLPLX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.7SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.86PMPIX Precious Metals Ultr Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.7MLPMX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.86PMPSX Precious Metals Ultr Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.85VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.93THOGX Thornburg Global OppPairCorr
  0.88HDGCX Hartford DividendPairCorr
  0.93JHYIX Aberdeen Global HighPairCorr
  0.9FPIOX Strategic Advisers IncomePairCorr
  0.94LABFX Lord Abbett MultiPairCorr
  0.75DBSCX Doubleline SelectivePairCorr
  0.84ELBAX Ashmore Emerging MarketsPairCorr

Moving against Boston Mutual Fund

  0.46BELSX Boston Partners EmergingPairCorr

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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.