Bond Fund Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Bond Fund and Old Westbury Short Term is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Bond Fund 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.

Bond Fund Correlation With Market

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Good diversification

The correlation between Bond Fund Of and DJI is -0.2 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Bond Fund Of and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Bond Mutual Fund

  0.77AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.63RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.7AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.71AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.78RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.72FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.82AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.95AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.89TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.88TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.93TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.82FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.9TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.92TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.67AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.71AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.74RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.93AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.92TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.88TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.91TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.64RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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