World Ex Correlations

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The correlation of World Ex 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.

World Ex Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between World Ex Core and DJI is 0.39 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding World Ex Core 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 World Ex Core. 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 World Mutual Fund

  0.95DIHRX Intal High RelativePairCorr
  0.93DILRX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.84DIPSX Dfa Inflation ProtectedPairCorr
  0.95DISVX Dfa International SmallPairCorr
  0.98DISMX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.74DREIX World Core EquityPairCorr
  0.65DRIIX Dimensional 2045 TargetPairCorr
  0.76DRIHX Dimensional 2040 TargetPairCorr
  0.74DRIGX Dimensional 2035 TargetPairCorr
  0.68DRIBX Dimensional 2010 TargetPairCorr
  0.75DRIWX Dimensional 2030 TargetPairCorr
  0.79DRIUX Dimensional 2025 TargetPairCorr
  0.79DRIRX Dimensional 2020 TargetPairCorr
  0.75DRIQX Dimensional 2015 TargetPairCorr
  0.61DRILX Dimensional 2060 TargetPairCorr
  0.61DRIKX Dimensional 2055 TargetPairCorr
  0.61DRIJX Dimensional 2050 TargetPairCorr
  0.81DAADX Dfa Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.77DRXIX Dfa Ltip PortfolioPairCorr
  0.91DSCLX Dfa International SocialPairCorr
  0.74DSFIX Dfa Social FixedPairCorr
  0.73DSHGX Dfa Selectively HedgedPairCorr
  0.76DEMSX Emerging Markets SmallPairCorr
  0.79DEMGX Emerging Markets TargetedPairCorr

Moving against World Mutual Fund

  0.4DFAIX Dfa Short DurationPairCorr
  0.38DTCPX Dfa Targeted CreditPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between World Mutual Fund performing well and World Ex 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 World Ex'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.