Federated Short-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Federated Short Term and Goldman Sachs Emerging is 0.02 (i.e., Significant 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Federated Short Term Income and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., 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.
  
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Moving together with Federated Mutual Fund

  0.62VBIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.65VFSUX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.7VFSIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.7VFSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.63VBITX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.61VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.67VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.65LALDX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.74LDLAX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.75LDLRX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.74SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.74SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.66RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.65RSNYX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.65RGNCX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.74EMSLX Shelton Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.76LMISX Qs Large CapPairCorr
  0.7INPFX American Funds IncomePairCorr

Moving against Federated Mutual Fund

  0.45T ATT Inc Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.43HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.39MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr
  0.36MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr

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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.