Fixed Income Correlations

FXIDX Fund  USD 9.03  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Fixed Income Shares and Dodge Cox Emerging is -0.19 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Fixed Income 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.

Fixed Income Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Fixed Income Shares and DJI is 0.65 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Fixed Income Shares and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Fixed Mutual Fund

  0.76MISHX Ab Municipal IncomePairCorr
  0.85LMSMX Western Asset SmashPairCorr
  0.9LMECX Western Asset SmashPairCorr
  0.91FXICX Fixed Income SharesPairCorr
  0.78NMTRX Municipal Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.74SHRMX Stone Ridge HighPairCorr
  0.97BATAX Blackrock AllocationPairCorr
  0.87BRAMX Bats Series MPairCorr
  0.89BRUFX Bruce Fund BrucePairCorr
  0.8SPGSX State Street PremierPairCorr
  0.64KF Korea ClosedPairCorr
  0.7PNAIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.7RMLVX Moderate StrategyPairCorr
  0.89PNMQX Pgim National MuniPairCorr
  0.89NAAEX Nuveen Short TermPairCorr
  0.71PNRCX Jennison Natural Res Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.89SIIIX Alphacentric StrategicPairCorr
  0.91AGEAX Arbitrage EventPairCorr
  0.84HGIYX Hartford E EquityPairCorr
  0.85IENRX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr
  0.74JOHIX Johcm InternationalPairCorr
  0.81MCFCX Miller Vertible BondPairCorr
  0.66PDSCX Prudential Short DurationPairCorr
  0.67ISFCX Lord Abbett MultiPairCorr
  0.82RUSTX Us Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.83RSLBX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.77YACKX Amg YacktmanPairCorr
  0.77PEQIX Pioneer Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.88ARGAX Arbitrage FundPairCorr
  0.77PIORX Pioneer Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.75FOPPX Franklin Growth OppoPairCorr
  0.86STRYX Pioneer Strategic IncomePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Fixed Mutual Fund performing well and Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income'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.