Gotham Defensive Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Gotham Defensive Long and Neuberger Berman Long is 0.68 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Gotham Defensive 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.

Gotham Defensive Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Gotham Defensive Long and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Gotham Defensive Long and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Gotham Defensive Long. 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 census.

Moving together with Gotham Mutual Fund

  0.93GCHDX Gotham Hedged EPairCorr
  0.82GVALX Gotham Large ValuePairCorr
  0.8GEFPX Gotham Enhanced 500PairCorr
  0.78GENIX Gotham Enhanced ReturnPairCorr
  0.81GINDX Gotham Index PlusPairCorr
  0.81GNNDX Gotham Index PlusPairCorr
  0.7GARIX Gotham Absolute ReturnPairCorr
  0.78GSPFX Gotham Enhanced SpPairCorr
  0.88GTRFX Gotham Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.82NLSCX Neuberger Berman LongPairCorr
  0.81NLSAX Neuberger Berman LongPairCorr
  0.8NLSIX Neuberger Berman LongPairCorr
  0.63QLERX Aqr Long ShortPairCorr
  0.78ASLAX Ab Select LongshortPairCorr
  0.62PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.72SPXUX Wisdomtree Digital TrustPairCorr
  0.73WCPSX Mobile TelecommunicatioPairCorr
  0.7FAGIX Fidelity Capital IncomePairCorr
  0.62TAIAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.78AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.73FPURX Fidelity PuritanPairCorr
  0.65JHYFX Janus High YieldPairCorr
  0.86TASMX Transamerica Smallmid CapPairCorr
  0.75WRAAX Wilmington Global AlphaPairCorr

Moving against Gotham Mutual Fund

  0.46XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.46XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Gotham Mutual Fund performing well and Gotham Defensive 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 Gotham Defensive'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.