Dunham Appreciation Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dunham Appreciation and Dunham High Yield is 0.15 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Dunham Appreciation 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.

Dunham Appreciation Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dunham Appreciation Income and DJI is 0.74 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dunham Appreciation Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Dunham Appreciation Income. 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 Dunham Mutual Fund

  0.85DNAVX Dunham Dynamic MacroPairCorr
  0.94DNAIX Dunham AppreciationPairCorr
  0.68DNCGX Dunham PorategovernmentPairCorr
  0.81DNDGX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.93DNEMX Dunham Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.89DNIOX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.61DNINX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.87DNHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr
  0.89DNLVX Dunham Large CapPairCorr
  0.77DNMDX Dunham Monthly DistrPairCorr
  0.67DNREX Dunham Real EstatePairCorr
  0.89DNSVX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.82DNSPX Dunham Enhanced Market Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.97DAAIX Dunham AppreciationPairCorr
  0.85DAAVX Dunham Dynamic MacroPairCorr
  0.68DACGX Dunham PorategovernmentPairCorr
  0.83DADGX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.93DAEMX Dunham Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.86DAHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr
  0.9DAIOX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.9DALVX Dunham Large CapPairCorr
  0.77DAMDX Dunham Monthly DistrPairCorr
  0.66DAREX Dunham Real EstatePairCorr
  0.89DASVX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.84DCAVX Dunham Dynamic MacroPairCorr
  0.63DCCGX Dunham PorategovernmentPairCorr
  0.83DCDGX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.92DCEMX Dunham Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.88DCIOX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.85DCHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr

Moving against Dunham Mutual Fund

  0.8DASPX Dunham Enhanced Market Potential GrowthPairCorr

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

DNHYXDNDGX
DNIOXDNEMX
DNEMXDNAIX
DNHYXDNAVX
DNHYXDNAIX
DNHYXDNEMX
  

High negative correlations

DNINXDNFGX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dunham Mutual Fund performing well and Dunham Appreciation 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 Dunham Appreciation'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
DNAVX  0.40  0.19  0.48 (2.20) 0.00 
 0.35 
 12.16 
DNAIX  0.04  0.00 (0.34)(0.04) 0.00 
 0.11 
 0.23 
DNCGX  0.13  0.02 (0.14) 0.38  0.00 
 0.32 
 0.63 
DNDGX  1.05  0.17  0.12  0.17  1.09 
 2.22 
 6.54 
DNEMX  0.79  0.17  0.17  0.28  0.67 
 1.69 
 4.69 
DNFGX  1.19 (0.05) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 1.87 
 20.62 
DNFRX  0.05 (0.01)(0.39)(0.37) 0.07 
 0.12 
 0.24 
DNIOX  0.11  0.01 (0.16) 0.19  0.00 
 0.25 
 0.76 
DNINX  0.80  0.09  0.02  2.31  1.83 
 1.46 
 9.91 
DNHYX  0.11  0.00 (0.16) 0.00  0.00 
 0.23 
 0.46