Federated Short-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Federated Short Term and Gmo Resources is -0.13 (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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Federated Short Term Income and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor 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

  0.83EMDIX Federated Emerging MarketPairCorr
  0.88QKACX Federated Mdt AllPairCorr
  0.86QKBGX Federated Mdt BalancedPairCorr
  0.81SBFIX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.65FRIEX Federated Hermes EmergingPairCorr
  0.92STFSX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.91STIAX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.93STILX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.93STISX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.82FRSAX Federated Floating RatePairCorr
  0.8FSBCX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.8FSBKX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.83FSBLX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.84QLSGX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.86QLSCX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.85FSHIX Federated Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.95INISX Federated IntermediatePairCorr
  0.84FSHSX Federated Short IntePairCorr
  0.98FSILX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.88FSTKX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.89FSTLX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.88FSTRX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.99FSTYX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.8FSTBX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.65PIEFX Pnc Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.77SVALX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.99FTIAX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.63FTGLX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.77SVAAX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.77SVAIX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.77SVACX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.84FTRBX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr

Moving against Federated Mutual Fund

  0.78PIGDX Pnc International GrowthPairCorr
  0.77PIUCX Pnc International EquityPairCorr
  0.76PIUIX Pnc International EquityPairCorr

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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.