Bond Fund Correlations

CFAFX Fund  USD 11.29  0.01  0.09%   
The current 90-days correlation between Bond Fund and Merck Company is 0.31 (i.e., Weak 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

Good diversification

The correlation between Bond Fund Of and DJI is -0.15 (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

  1.0CFAEX Bond FundPairCorr
  1.0CFACX Bond FundPairCorr
  1.0CFAAX Bond FundPairCorr
  1.0BFAFX Bond FundPairCorr
  1.0BFACX Bond FundPairCorr
  1.0ABNDX Bond FundPairCorr
  1.0FFBOX American FundsPairCorr
  0.87FIBLX American Funds InflationPairCorr
  0.97VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0VBMFX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0VTBSX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0VTBIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0VTBNX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.73JNJ Johnson Johnson Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.91MRK Merck Company Fiscal Year End 6th of February 2025 PairCorr

Moving against Bond Mutual Fund

  0.71VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.69VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.69VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.39RWBEX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.37RWIGX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.36RWIHX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.35RWICX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.34RWIBX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.34RWIAX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.85CSCO Cisco Systems Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.85JPM JPMorgan Chase Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.83BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.81CVX Chevron Corp Fiscal Year End 7th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.77AA Alcoa Corp Fiscal Year End 15th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.71VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.69VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.69VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.69VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.69VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.69TRV The Travelers Companies Fiscal Year End 17th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.67DIS Walt Disney Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.59XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Fiscal Year End 7th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.56CAT Caterpillar Fiscal Year End 3rd of February 2025 PairCorr

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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 Bond Mutual Fund performing well and Bond Fund 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 Bond Fund's 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
MRK  0.89 (0.23) 0.00 (0.76) 0.00 
 2.00 
 4.89 
PHVS  2.94  0.25  0.09  0.29  2.99 
 7.76 
 21.41 
EAT  1.87  0.79  0.46  0.75  1.25 
 5.04 
 11.91 
AA  2.45  0.29  0.14  0.27  2.61 
 6.10 
 14.99 
EURL  2.00 (0.56) 0.00 (0.38) 0.00 
 2.74 
 12.68 
COLL  1.88 (0.41) 0.00 (0.22) 0.00 
 3.23 
 12.29 
OWL  1.62  0.30  0.21  0.28  1.57 
 3.66 
 12.59 
AMMX  3.48 (0.41) 0.00  0.41  0.00 
 5.71 
 58.33 
FQIFX  0.31  0.00 (0.26) 0.24  0.38 
 0.67 
 1.81 
GCV  0.90  0.09  0.00  0.42  1.23 
 1.87 
 7.45