Free Market Correlations

FMFIX Fund  USD 10.05  0.02  0.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between Free Market Fixed and Tiaa Cref High Yield Fund is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Free Market 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.

Free Market Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Free Market Fixed and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Free Market Fixed 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 Free Market Fixed. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Free Mutual Fund

  0.91FMNEX Free Market InternationalPairCorr
  0.91FMUEX Free Market EquityPairCorr
  0.9VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.62VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.95BNDAX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.66RPOIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.84CLTCX Catalyst/lyons TacticalPairCorr
  0.9GMIAX Nationwide InvestorPairCorr
  0.76ABIMX Ab Impact MunicipalPairCorr
  0.77APDTX Artisan ThematicPairCorr
  0.79GAPUX Goldman Sachs EquityPairCorr
  0.81SIHPX Guggenheim High YieldPairCorr
  0.88RGBCX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.88BLPEX American Funds BalancedPairCorr
  0.61HNTVX Heartland ValuePairCorr
  0.9CVISX Causeway InternationalPairCorr
  0.91NWWKX Nationwide InvestorPairCorr
  0.92FSUVX Fidelity Sai MinimumPairCorr

Moving against Free Mutual Fund

  0.41USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.56UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.36USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Free Mutual Fund performing well and Free Market 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 Free Market'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.