Money Market Correlations

GRFXX Fund  USD 1.00  0.00  0.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between Money Market Obligations and Vanguard Total Stock is -0.2 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Money Market 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.

Money Market Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Money Market Obligations and DJI is -0.09 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Money Market Obligations 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 Money Market Obligations. Also, note that the market value of any money market fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in interest.

Moving together with Money Money Market Fund

  0.63VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.67VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.63VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.65VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.63VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.63VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.67VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.65VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.63ELFNX Elfun Trusts ElfunPairCorr
  0.75CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.62HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.65HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.61AXP American Express Fiscal Year End 24th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.77AA Alcoa Corp Fiscal Year End 15th of January 2025 PairCorr

Moving against Money Money Market Fund

  0.55JNJ Johnson Johnson Fiscal Year End 28th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.76MRK Merck Company Fiscal Year End 6th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.65KO Coca Cola Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.53PFE Pfizer Inc Fiscal Year End 4th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.39VZ Verizon Communications Fiscal Year End 28th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.35MMM 3M Company Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.32BA Boeing Fiscal Year End 29th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.31MSFT Microsoft Aggressive PushPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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VSTSXVTSAX
VSMPXVTSAX
VFFSXVTSAX
VITSXVFIAX
VFINXVFIAX
  
High negative correlations   
VTIAXVSMPX
VTIAXVSTSX
VTIAXVITSX
VTIAXVTSMX
VTIAXVTSAX
VTIAXVFINX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Money Money Market Fund performing well and Money Market Money Market 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 Money Market'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.