Clarkston Partners Correlations

CFSMX Fund  USD 12.81  0.15  1.16%   
The current 90-days correlation between Clarkston Partners and Science Technology Fund is 0.17 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Clarkston 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.

Clarkston Partners Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Clarkston Partners Fund and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Clarkston Partners Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Clarkston Mutual Fund

  0.89CFMDX Clarkston FoundersPairCorr
  0.93CIMDX Clarkston FoundersPairCorr
  0.92CILGX Clarkston Fund InstiPairCorr
  1.0CISMX Clarkston PartnersPairCorr
  0.79VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.77JVMAX John Hancock DisciplinedPairCorr
  0.78JVMIX John Hancock DisciplinedPairCorr
  0.79VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.78JMVZX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.78JMVRX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.78JMVQX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.78JMVYX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.78JMVPX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.81MVCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.68PFN Pimco Income StrategyPairCorr
  0.8JABSX Jhancock MultimanagerPairCorr
  0.81ALFAX Lord Abbett AlphaPairCorr
  0.77TPILX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.82FPPIX Fidelity Advisor 529PairCorr
  0.77NDARX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.78VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.81SLMCX Columbia SeligmanPairCorr
  0.71TOVIX American Beacon TocqPairCorr
  0.73PRJDX Pgim Jennison GlobalPairCorr
  0.7JGSRX John Hancock GlobalPairCorr
  0.76DURPX Us High RelativePairCorr
  0.76LAAFX Lord Abbett AffiliatedPairCorr
  0.77MRIEX Meridian Equity IncomePairCorr

Moving against Clarkston Mutual Fund

  0.45NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.34XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Clarkston Mutual Fund performing well and Clarkston 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 Clarkston 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.