Federated Government Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Federated Government and Eaton Vance Necticut is -0.06 (i.e., Good 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 0.83 (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

  0.87EMDIX Federated Emerging MarketPairCorr
  0.72QKACX Federated Mdt AllPairCorr
  0.7QKBGX Federated Mdt BalancedPairCorr
  0.85SBFIX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.81FRIEX Federated Hermes EmergingPairCorr
  0.89STFSX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.9STIAX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.93STILX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.89STISX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.87FSBCX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.87FSBKX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.88FSBLX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.74QLSGX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.77QLSCX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.9FSHIX Federated Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.9INISX Federated IntermediatePairCorr
  0.9FSHSX Federated Short IntePairCorr
  0.79FSILX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.84FSTIX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.79FSTKX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.8FSTLX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.79FSTRX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.83FSTYX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.85FSTBX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.83PIEFX Pnc Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.84SVALX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.86FTIAX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.81FTGLX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.84SVAAX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.84SVAIX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.84SVACX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.96FTRBX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.91FTRFX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr

Moving against FEDERATED Mutual Fund

  0.72PIGDX Pnc International GrowthPairCorr
  0.75PIUCX Pnc International EquityPairCorr
  0.75PIUIX Pnc International EquityPairCorr
  0.69BEARX 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.