Davis Appreciation Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Davis Appreciation Income and American Funds The is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Davis 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.

Davis Appreciation Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Davis Appreciation Income and DJI is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Davis Appreciation Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Davis Mutual Fund

  0.97RPFGX Davis FinancialPairCorr
  1.0RPFCX Davis Appreciation IncomePairCorr
  0.96RPEAX Davis OpportunityPairCorr
  0.94DNVYX Davis New YorkPairCorr
  0.94NYVCX Davis New YorkPairCorr
  0.94NYVBX Davis New YorkPairCorr
  0.94NYVRX Davis New YorkPairCorr
  0.94NYVTX Davis New YorkPairCorr
  1.0DCSYX Davis Appreciation IncomePairCorr
  0.97DVFYX Davis FinancialPairCorr
  0.97DFFCX Davis FinancialPairCorr
  0.61DGFCX Davis GlobalPairCorr
  0.62DGFAX Davis GlobalPairCorr
  0.62DGFYX Davis GlobalPairCorr
  0.96DGOCX Davis OpportunityPairCorr
  0.96DGOYX Davis OpportunityPairCorr
  0.7FFIFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.7FAIFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.67IFACX Income FundPairCorr
  0.69IFAFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.69AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.67RIDBX Income FundPairCorr
  0.68CIMEX Income FundPairCorr
  0.7RIDFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.67CIMCX Income FundPairCorr
  0.7CIMFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.94KSOCX Kinetics Small Cap Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.94KSCYX Kinetics Small CapPairCorr
  0.94KNPCX Kinetics ParadigmPairCorr
  0.94WWNPX Kinetics ParadigmPairCorr

Moving against Davis Mutual Fund

  0.51RFBAX Davis Government BondPairCorr
  0.57DGVCX Davis Government BondPairCorr
  0.35DGVYX Davis Government BondPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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