Short-term Government Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Government and Ms Global Fixed is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Short-term Government 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 Government Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Term Government Securiti 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 Government Securiti 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 Government Securities. 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 price.

Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.69HISIX International EquityPairCorr
  0.96HOIBX Homestead IntermediatePairCorr
  0.96HOSBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.93EASDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.98VFIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.98VFISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.97VSGBX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.91VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.97VSGDX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.95FUMBX Fidelity Short TermPairCorr
  0.96ECLDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.95EALDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.96EILDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr

Moving against Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.74LSHUX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.7HNASX Growth Fund GrowthPairCorr
  0.7HSCSX Small-company StockPairCorr
  0.64HSTIX Stock Index FundPairCorr
  0.56HOVLX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.75LSHEX Kinetics Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.75LSHCX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.74WWNPX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.74KNPCX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.74LSHAX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.74KNPYX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.68CSQ Calamos Strategic TotalPairCorr
  0.65FSELX Fidelity Select SemiPairCorr
  0.65VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.65RGRYX Victory Rs GrowthPairCorr
  0.64VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.62OSPPX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.62SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.62SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.53FIKAX Fidelity Advisor EnergyPairCorr
  0.48MERDX Meridian GrowthPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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