Forum Real Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Forum Real Estate and Steward Small Mid Cap is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Forum Real 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.

Forum Real Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Forum Real Estate 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 Forum Real Estate 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 Forum Real Estate. 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 Forum Mutual Fund

  0.7VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.67VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.7VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.7VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.7VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.7VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.92VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.67VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.66VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.7NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.85DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.72CVX Chevron Corp Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.88MRK Merck Company Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.82WMT Walmart Common Stock Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.66INTC Intel Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.89XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.78BA Boeing Earnings Call TodayPairCorr

Moving against Forum Mutual Fund

  0.89HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.75T ATT Inc Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.44PG Procter GamblePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Forum Mutual Fund performing well and Forum Real 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 Forum Real'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.