Embark Commodity Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Embark Commodity Strategy and Tiaa Cref Lifestyle Moderate is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Embark Commodity 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.

Embark Commodity Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Embark Commodity Strategy and DJI is 0.72 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Embark Commodity Strategy 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 Embark Commodity Strategy. 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 producer price index.

Moving together with Embark Mutual Fund

  0.84HICSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.89HIIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.9HIINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.85HIISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.82HIMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.76HILVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.87HISVX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.84HISGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.86HMCLX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.86HMCNX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.86HMCRX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.84HNCVX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.75ESCWX Embark Small CapPairCorr
  0.78ESCQX Embark Small CapPairCorr
  0.9HNINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.85HNISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.89HNIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.82HNMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.77HNLVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.84HNSGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.87HNVRX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  1.0ECSWX Embark Commodity Strategy Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.84HRCSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.89HRIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.9HRINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.85HRISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.81HRMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.76HRLVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.84HRSGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.84HACSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.9HAINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.85HAISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.89HAIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr

Moving against Embark Mutual Fund

  0.32HACAX Harbor Capital ApprePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Embark Mutual Fund performing well and Embark Commodity 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 Embark Commodity'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.