Balanced Fund Correlations

FLDFX Fund  USD 13.97  0.12  0.85%   
The current 90-days correlation between Balanced Fund Retail and Cboe Vest Sp is 0.37 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Balanced Fund 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.

Balanced Fund Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Balanced Fund Retail and DJI is 0.95 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Balanced Fund Retail 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 Balanced Fund Retail. 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 price.

Moving together with Balanced Mutual Fund

  0.84SRUAX Spectrum Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.82SRUIX Spectrum Fund InstitPairCorr
  0.96QNTAX Quantex Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.96QNTIX Quantex Fund InstituPairCorr
  0.99IFAIX Infrastructure FundPairCorr
  1.0BLNIX Balanced Fund InstitPairCorr
  1.0BLNAX Balanced Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.93FLBDX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.96FLCGX Quantex Fund RetailPairCorr
  1.0FLDOX Dividend OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.99FLDGX Dynamic GrowthPairCorr
  0.96FLFGX Global OpportunitiesPairCorr
  1.0FLMIX Muirfield Fund InstiPairCorr
  1.0FLMFX Muirfield Fund RetailPairCorr
  0.99FLRUX Infrastructure FundPairCorr
  1.0FLSPX Spectrum Fund RetailPairCorr
  1.0DVOIX Dividend OpportunitiesPairCorr
  1.0DVOAX Dividend OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.93BNDIX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.96GBPAX Global OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.96GBPIX Global OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.99DYGIX Dynamic GrowthPairCorr
  0.99DYGAX Dynamic GrowthPairCorr
  0.62PAALX All Asset FundPairCorr
  0.89PAAIX All Asset FundPairCorr
  0.89PALPX Pimco All AssetPairCorr
  0.89PAANX Pimco All AssetPairCorr
  0.93EKWDX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.8OEPIX Oil Equipment ServicesPairCorr
  0.8OEPSX Oil Equipment ServicesPairCorr
  0.96AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr

Moving against Balanced Mutual Fund

  0.4CISGX Touchstone Sands CapitalPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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

BUIGXBUMGX
FLDOXFLDGX
FLDOXHULEX
SBRVXFLDGX
FLDOXBACPX
FLDOXSBRVX
  

High negative correlations

SPWYXHLEMX
HLEMXBACPX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Balanced Mutual Fund performing well and Balanced Fund 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 Balanced Fund'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
FLDGX  0.65  0.11  0.14  0.17  0.51 
 1.21 
 8.84 
BACPX  0.20  0.01 (0.11) 0.10  0.18 
 0.44 
 1.14 
HULEX  0.58  0.03  0.03  0.10  0.64 
 1.11 
 3.74 
HLEMX  0.50  0.03 (0.05)(0.12) 0.70 
 0.97 
 3.38 
SBRVX  1.15  0.40  0.37  0.37  0.50 
 2.68 
 15.19 
SPWYX  0.99 (0.08)(0.05) 0.00  1.30 
 1.97 
 6.50 
MNHIX  0.58 (0.01)(0.04) 0.04  0.67 
 1.23 
 3.16 
FLDOX  0.35  0.04  0.02  0.14  0.25 
 0.73 
 3.26 
BUMGX  0.42  0.00 (0.04) 0.06  0.81 
 0.73 
 5.52 
BUIGX  0.42  0.00 (0.04) 0.07  0.83 
 0.72 
 5.51