Dfa Intermediate Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dfa Intermediate Term and Sa Emerging Markets is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Dfa Intermediate 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.

Dfa Intermediate Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Dfa Intermediate Term and DJI is -0.12 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dfa Intermediate Term 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 Dfa Intermediate Term. 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 Dfa Mutual Fund

  0.7VWITX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.69VWIUX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.71FLTMX Fidelity IntermediatePairCorr
  0.63SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.63RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.64RSNYX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.63RGNCX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr

Moving against Dfa Mutual Fund

  0.32PG Procter GamblePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dfa Mutual Fund performing well and Dfa Intermediate 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 Dfa Intermediate'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.