International Fund Correlations

FMIYX Fund  USD 37.16  0.32  0.87%   
The current 90-days correlation between International Fund and Pimco Moditiesplus Strategy is 0.18 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of International 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.

International Fund Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between International Fund Internation and DJI is 0.69 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding International Fund Internation 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 International Fund International. 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with International Mutual Fund

  0.63FMIQX Large Cap FundPairCorr
  1.0FMIJX International FundPairCorr
  0.63FMIHX Large Cap FundPairCorr
  0.78FMIFX Fidelity Municipal IncomePairCorr
  0.67VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.68VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.67VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.67VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.67VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.65VDVIX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.65VDIPX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between International Mutual Fund performing well and International 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 International 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.