Dunham Appreciation Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dunham Appreciation and Omni Small Cap Value is 0.04 (i.e., Significant 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 0.68 (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

  0.73DNAVX Dunham Dynamic MacroPairCorr
  0.92DNAIX Dunham AppreciationPairCorr
  0.79DNDGX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.85DNEMX Dunham Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74DNFGX Dunham Focused LargePairCorr
  0.67DNIOX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.72DNHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr
  0.72DNLVX Dunham Large CapPairCorr
  0.77DNSVX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.74DNSPX Dunham Enhanced MarketPairCorr
  0.89DAAIX Dunham AppreciationPairCorr
  0.72DAAVX Dunham Dynamic MacroPairCorr
  0.63DACGX Dunham PorategovernmentPairCorr
  0.81DADGX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.83DAEMX Dunham Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.72DAFGX Dunham Focused LargePairCorr
  0.78DAHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr
  0.7DAIOX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.74DALVX Dunham Large CapPairCorr
  0.79DASVX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.73DCAVX Dunham Dynamic MacroPairCorr
  0.79DCDGX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.85DCEMX Dunham Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.75DCFGX Dunham Focused LargePairCorr
  0.66DCIOX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.78DCHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr

Moving against DUNHAM Mutual Fund

  0.65DASPX Dunham Enhanced MarketPairCorr

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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.