Fa Strategic Correlations

FICKX Fund  USD 14.92  0.01  0.07%   
The current 90-days correlation between Fa Strategic Income and Vanguard Total Bond is 0.42 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Fa Strategic 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.

Fa Strategic Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Fa Strategic Income and DJI is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Fa Strategic Income 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 Fa Strategic Income. 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 industry.

Moving together with FICKX Mutual Fund

  0.85VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.82VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.85VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.85VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.85VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.85VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.82VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.83VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.81VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.88NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.96REMIX Standpoint Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.61NHMFX Nuveen High YieldPairCorr
  0.79PAGEX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.83NMAAX Nuveen MassachusettsPairCorr
  0.84PMOTX Putnam Mortgage OpportPairCorr
  0.82FGDMX Fidelity Advisor ComPairCorr
  0.85TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.97FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.92TLVIX Thrivent Large CapPairCorr
  0.8IPFIX Victory IncorePairCorr
  0.77POSAX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.93QGRIX Oppenheimer GlobalPairCorr
  0.76PGRKX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.93VEITX Vela InternationalPairCorr
  0.88TSDFX Tiaa Cref ShortPairCorr
  0.9APDSX Artisan Small CapPairCorr
  0.86LVAEX Lsv Value EquityPairCorr
  0.69SOAAX Spirit Of AmericaPairCorr
  0.88GRMAX Nationwide Sp 500PairCorr
  0.92TTFHX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.91GMXAX Nationwide Mid CapPairCorr
  0.91MMSCX Praxis Small CapPairCorr
  0.94TIOTX Tiaa Cref InternationalPairCorr
  0.89NBREX Neuberger Berman MidPairCorr
  0.94VSPVX Vanguard Sp 500PairCorr
  0.93DQIYX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.82FXAIX Fidelity 500 IndexPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between FICKX Mutual Fund performing well and Fa Strategic 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 Fa Strategic'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
VTSAX  0.58 (0.04)(0.07) 0.01  0.81 
 1.11 
 3.73 
VFIAX  0.54 (0.05)(0.07) 0.00  0.78 
 0.99 
 3.61 
VTSMX  0.57 (0.04)(0.07) 0.01  0.79 
 1.11 
 3.74 
VSTSX  0.58 (0.04)(0.07) 0.01  0.81 
 1.11 
 3.74 
VITSX  0.57 (0.04)(0.07) 0.01  0.79 
 1.11 
 3.73 
VSMPX  0.57 (0.04)(0.07) 0.01  0.79 
 1.11 
 3.73 
VTIAX  0.60  0.12  0.13  0.25  0.56 
 1.47 
 4.10 
VFINX  0.55 (0.05)(0.07) 0.00  0.80 
 1.06 
 3.61 
VFFSX  0.55 (0.05)(0.07) 0.00  0.81 
 0.99 
 3.61 
VBTLX  0.15  0.01 (0.21) 0.37  0.04 
 0.31 
 0.62