World Ex Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between World Ex Val and Alpsalerian Energy Infrastructure 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 Val and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding World Ex Val 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 Val. 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 population.

Moving together with World Mutual Fund

  0.72DODFX Dodge International StockPairCorr
  0.71DOXFX Dodge Cox InternationalPairCorr
  0.95OANIX Oakmark InternationalPairCorr
  0.76OAZIX Oakmark InternationalPairCorr
  0.97CIVVX Causeway InternationalPairCorr
  0.72CIVIX Causeway InternationalPairCorr
  0.71TRIGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.94FINVX Fidelity Series IntePairCorr
  0.69VIHAX Vanguard InternationalPairCorr
  0.61GPBFX Gmo E PlusPairCorr
  0.78GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.71PQTAX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.71PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.71PQTIX Aa Pimco TrPairCorr
  0.8WARCX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.89SSTHX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.75LGWAX Ladenburg GrowthPairCorr
  0.83RYTLX Telecommunications Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.71ASPCX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.69INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.8BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.66AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.71CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr
  0.68CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.66XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Aggressive PushPairCorr

Moving against World Mutual Fund

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  0.36T ATT Inc Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr

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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.