Federated Short-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Federated Short Term and Morningstar Aggressive Growth is -0.1 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Federated Short-term 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 Short-term Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Federated Short Term Income and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Federated Short Term Income 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 Federated Short Term Income. 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 Federated Mutual Fund

  0.74EMDIX Federated Emerging MarketPairCorr
  0.72QKACX Federated Mdt AllPairCorr
  0.73QKBGX Federated Mdt BalancedPairCorr
  0.66SBFIX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.71STFSX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.7STIAX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.73STILX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.71STISX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.75FRSAX Federated Floating RatePairCorr
  0.78FSBCX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.73FSBKX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.8FSBLX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.74QLSGX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.73QLSCX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.79FSHIX Federated Short IntePairCorr
  0.7INISX Federated IntermediatePairCorr
  0.78FSHSX Federated Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.86FSILX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.77FSTKX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.77FSTLX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.77FSTRX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.99FSTYX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.66FSTBX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.77SVALX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.84FTIAX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.76SVAIX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.76SVACX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.63FTRFX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr

Moving against Federated Mutual Fund

  0.68PIGDX Pnc International GrowthPairCorr
  0.71RRFAX Federated Real ReturnPairCorr
  0.69RRFIX Federated Real ReturnPairCorr
  0.66PIUCX Pnc International EquityPairCorr
  0.66PIUIX Pnc International EquityPairCorr
  0.46RRFCX Federated Real ReturnPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Federated Mutual Fund performing well and Federated Short-term 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 Short-term'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.