Americafirst Defensive Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Americafirst Defensive and Arrow Managed Futures is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Americafirst Defensive 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.

Americafirst Defensive Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Americafirst Defensive Growth and DJI is 0.43 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Americafirst Defensive Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Americafirst Mutual Fund

  1.0DGQIX Americafirst DefensivePairCorr
  0.87DGQAX Americafirst DefensivePairCorr

Moving against Americafirst Mutual Fund

  0.4SBQAX Americafirst Large CapPairCorr
  0.4SBQIX Americafirst Large CapPairCorr
  0.4SBQUX Americafirst Large CapPairCorr
  0.39QLERX Aqr Long ShortPairCorr
  0.38ABRUX Americafirst MonthlyPairCorr
  0.38ABRWX Americafirst TacticalPairCorr
  0.38ABRFX Americafirst TacticalPairCorr
  0.48LSHEX Kinetics Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.48LSHCX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.48WWNPX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.48KNPCX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.48KNPYX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.46LSHUX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.46LSHAX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.43OSPPX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.43SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.43SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.41CPLIX Calamos Phineus LongshortPairCorr
  0.39ENPSX Oil Gas Ultrasector Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.32LGPIX Large Cap GrowthPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Americafirst Mutual Fund performing well and Americafirst Defensive 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 Americafirst Defensive'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.