First Investors Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Investors Select and Balanced Fund Investor is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of First Investors 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.

First Investors Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between First Investors Select and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Investors Select 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 First Investors Select. 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 census.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

0.97	OASGX	Optimum Small Mid	Pair Corr
0.91	OASVX	Optimum Small Mid	Pair Corr
0.82	OCIEX	Optimum International	Pair Corr
0.91	OCLVX	Optimum Large Cap	Pair Corr
0.91	OCLGX	Optimum Large Cap Potential Growth	Pair Corr
0.93	OCSGX	Optimum Small Mid	Pair Corr
0.88	OCSVX	Optimum Small Mid	Pair Corr
0.86	DLHIX	Delaware Healthcare	Pair Corr
0.86	DLRHX	Delaware Healthcare	Pair Corr
0.67	DLTZX	Delaware Limited Term	Pair Corr
0.72	DLTRX	Delaware Limited Term	Pair Corr
0.81	OIIEX	Optimum International	Pair Corr
0.91	OILVX	Optimum Large Cap	Pair Corr
0.84	OISGX	Optimum Small Mid	Pair Corr
0.79	OISVX	Optimum Small Mid	Pair Corr
0.66	DPRSX	Delaware Reit	Pair Corr
0.66	DPRRX	Delaware Reit	Pair Corr
0.66	DPRDX	Real Estate	Pair Corr
0.82	FICHX	First Investors Select	Pair Corr
0.82	FIZRX	Delaware Opportunity	Pair Corr
0.7	DTINX	Delaware Limited Term	Pair Corr
0.87	DCCIX	Delaware Small Cap	Pair Corr
0.87	DCCRX	Delaware Small Cap	Pair Corr
0.84	DUGRX	Delaware Strategic Income	Pair Corr
0.83	DUGIX	Delaware Strategic Income	Pair Corr

Moving against First Mutual Fund

0.84

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Pair Corr

Related Correlations Analysis

	FANISX	IEMSX	XMHFX	LMUSX	FBANJX	FIJFX	ABVCX	TWBIX
FANISX		-0.41	0.26	-0.51	-0.42	-0.44	-0.55	-0.26	FANISX
IEMSX	-0.41		0.19	0.63	0.85	0.93	0.84	0.48	IEMSX
XMHFX	0.26	0.19		-0.28	-0.07	0.05	-0.06	-0.32	XMHFX
LMUSX	-0.51	0.63	-0.28		0.87	0.8	0.88	0.81	LMUSX
FBANJX	-0.42	0.85	-0.07	0.87		0.94	0.88	0.83	FBANJX
FIJFX	-0.44	0.93	0.05	0.8	0.94		0.94	0.62	FIJFX
ABVCX	-0.55	0.84	-0.06	0.88	0.88	0.94		0.59	ABVCX
TWBIX	-0.26	0.48	-0.32	0.81	0.83	0.62	0.59		TWBIX
	FANISX	IEMSX	XMHFX	LMUSX	FBANJX	FIJFX	ABVCX	TWBIX

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

FIJFX	+ 0.94	FBANJX
ABVCX	+ 0.94	FIJFX
FIJFX	+ 0.93	IEMSX
ABVCX	+ 0.88	LMUSX
ABVCX	+ 0.88	FBANJX
FBANJX	+ 0.87	LMUSX

High negative correlations

ABVCX	- 0.55	FANISX
LMUSX	- 0.51	FANISX
FIJFX	- 0.44	FANISX
FBANJX	- 0.42	FANISX
IEMSX	- 0.41	FANISX
TWBIX	- 0.32	XMHFX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Mutual Fund performing well and First Investors 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 First Investors' 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.

	Mean Deviation	Jensen Alpha	Sortino Ratio	Treynor Ratio	Semi Deviation	Expected Shortfall	Potential Upside	Value @Risk	Maximum Drawdown
FANISX	0.21	0.00	(0.22)	0.01	0.25	(0.21)	0.38	(0.41)	1.05
IEMSX	0.71	0.25	0.16	6.13	0.75	(0.81)	1.79	(1.79)	5.04
XMHFX	0.09	(0.01)	(0.21)	0.22	0.15	(0.14)	0.14	(0.29)	0.72
LMUSX	0.62	0.01	(0.01)	0.08	0.78	(0.63)	1.14	(1.57)	4.94
FBANJX	0.45	0.01	(0.01)	0.08	0.53	(0.52)	0.96	(1.05)	3.03
FIJFX	0.98	0.26	0.20	0.30	0.94	(1.06)	2.11	(1.75)	5.59
ABVCX	0.77	0.31	0.33	(2.46)	0.22	(1.00)	1.65	(1.12)	10.97
TWBIX	0.34	(0.03)	(0.12)	(0.01)	0.48	(0.36)	0.71	(0.75)	2.41

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