Short-term Bond Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Bond and T Rowe Price is -0.12 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Short-term Bond 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.

Short-term Bond Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Term Bond Fund and DJI is -0.16 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Bond Fund 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 Short Term Bond Fund. 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.62HISIX International EquityPairCorr
  0.94HOIBX Homestead IntermediatePairCorr
  0.96HOSGX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.86VBIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.82VFSUX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.96VFSIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.98VFSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.98VBITX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.98VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.92VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.69LDLAX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr

Moving against Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.62HNASX Growth Fund GrowthPairCorr
  0.61HSCSX Small-company StockPairCorr
  0.56HSTIX Stock Index FundPairCorr
  0.48HOVLX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.62TLCYX Touchstone Large CapPairCorr
  0.61PYARX Payden Absolute ReturnPairCorr
  0.61CSQ Calamos Strategic TotalPairCorr
  0.6FTCAX Templeton Strained BondPairCorr
  0.59SWPPX Schwab Sp 500PairCorr
  0.58PYAIX Payden Absolute ReturnPairCorr
  0.58RGRYX Victory Rs GrowthPairCorr
  0.56ANCIX Ancora MicrocapPairCorr
  0.52ARIDX Amg River RoadPairCorr
  0.52WWLAX Westwood Largecap ValuePairCorr
  0.5TAAIX Thrivent AggressivePairCorr
  0.37BCAAX Brandywineglobal CPairCorr
  0.36PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.32SRORX Calamos AntetokounmpoPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short-term Mutual Fund performing well and Short-term Bond 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 Short-term Bond'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.