World Ex Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between World Ex Core and Blrc Sgy Mnp is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification). 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between World Ex Core and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor 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

  0.99DIHRX Intal High RelativePairCorr
  0.95DILRX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.95DISVX Dfa International SmallPairCorr
  0.96DISMX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.93DMNBX Dfa Mn MunicipalPairCorr
  0.88DMREX Dfa Municipal RealPairCorr
  0.88DNYMX Dfa Ny MunicipalPairCorr
  0.93DOGMX Dfa Oregon MunicipalPairCorr
  0.96DREIX World Core EquityPairCorr
  0.97DRIIX Dimensional 2045 TargetPairCorr
  0.96DRIHX Dimensional 2040 TargetPairCorr
  0.92DRIGX Dimensional 2035 TargetPairCorr
  0.9DRIWX Dimensional 2030 TargetPairCorr
  0.9DRIUX Dimensional 2025 TargetPairCorr
  0.9DRIRX Dimensional 2020 TargetPairCorr
  0.9DRIQX Dimensional 2015 TargetPairCorr
  0.97DRILX Dimensional 2060 TargetPairCorr
  0.94DRIKX Dimensional 2055 TargetPairCorr
  0.97DRIJX Dimensional 2050 TargetPairCorr
  0.91DAABX Dfa SustainabilityPairCorr
  0.98DSCLX Dfa International SocialPairCorr
  0.87DSCGX Dfa SmallPairCorr
  0.99DSHGX Dfa Selectively HedgedPairCorr
  0.87DSSMX Dfa Selective StatePairCorr
  0.97DTDRX Dimensional 2065 TargetPairCorr
  0.87DCARX Dfa California MunicipalPairCorr
  0.89DCIBX Dfa Ca IntPairCorr
  0.84DCMSX Dfa Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.81DURPX Us High RelativePairCorr
  0.88DUSQX Us Lg CapPairCorr
  0.7DEMSX Emerging Markets SmallPairCorr
  0.82DEMGX Emerging Markets TargetedPairCorr
  0.82DESIX Emerging Markets SusPairCorr

Moving against World Mutual Fund

  0.32DIPSX Dfa Inflation ProtectedPairCorr
  0.6DRXIX Dfa Ltip PortfolioPairCorr
  0.58DWFIX Dfa World ExPairCorr

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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.