Federated Government Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Federated Government and American Beacon Small is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Federated Government 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.

Federated Government Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Federated Government Income and DJI is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Federated Government Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Federated Mutual Fund

  0.82EMDIX Federated Emerging MarketPairCorr
  0.81QKACX Federated Mdt AllPairCorr
  0.75QKBGX Federated Mdt BalancedPairCorr
  0.86SBFIX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.75FRIEX Federated Hermes EmergingPairCorr
  0.87STFSX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.83STIAX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.87STILX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.87STISX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.77FRSAX Federated Floating RatePairCorr
  0.85FSBCX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.86FSBKX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.87FSBLX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.82QLSGX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.8QLSCX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.86FSHIX Federated Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.91INISX Federated IntermediatePairCorr
  0.86FSHSX Federated Short IntePairCorr
  0.81FSILX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.86FSTIX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.8FSTKX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.81FSTLX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.8FSTRX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.82FSTYX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.8FSTBX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.75PIEFX Pnc Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.76SVALX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.86FTIAX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.79FTGLX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.8FTGSX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.75SVAAX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.75SVAIX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.75SVACX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.93FTRBX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr

Moving against Federated Mutual Fund

  0.76PIGDX Pnc International GrowthPairCorr
  0.78PIUCX Pnc International EquityPairCorr
  0.77PIUIX Pnc International EquityPairCorr
  0.61BEARX Federated Prudent BearPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Federated Mutual Fund performing well and Federated Government 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 Federated Government'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.