Poplar Forest Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Poplar Forest Partners and Poplar Forest Partners is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Poplar Forest 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.

Poplar Forest Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Poplar Forest Partners and DJI is 0.33 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Poplar Forest Partners 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 Poplar Forest Partners. 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 american community survey.

Moving together with Poplar Mutual Fund

  1.0PFPFX Poplar Forest PartnersPairCorr
  0.99IPFCX Poplar Forest NerstonePairCorr
  0.95FLPKX Fidelity Low PricedPairCorr
  0.87FLPSX Fidelity Low PricedPairCorr
  0.93VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.8JVMAX John Hancock DisciplinedPairCorr
  0.8JVMIX John Hancock DisciplinedPairCorr
  0.93VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92JMVZX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.93JMVRX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92JMVQX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.93JMVYX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.62WHIYX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.62IVHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.62IHIFX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.62WRHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.61WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.92CSJZX Cohen Steers RealtyPairCorr
  0.92CSRSX Cohen Steers RealtyPairCorr
  0.65DURPX Us High RelativePairCorr

Moving against Poplar Mutual Fund

  0.69XDCFX Dreyfus Alcentra GlobalPairCorr
  0.47PCLPX Pimco ModitiesplusPairCorr
  0.78RYSJX Strengthening DollarPairCorr
  0.47PCLAX Pimco CommoditiesplusPairCorr
  0.31TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Poplar Mutual Fund performing well and Poplar Forest 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 Poplar Forest'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.