Federated International Correlations

ISCIX Fund  USD 54.00  0.21  0.39%   
The current 90-days correlation between Federated International and Dreyfus Technology Growth is 0.36 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Federated International 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.

Federated International Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Federated International Small and DJI is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Federated International Small 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 Federated International Small Mid. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Federated Mutual Fund

  0.95EMDIX Federated Emerging MarketPairCorr
  0.78QKACX Federated Mdt AllPairCorr
  0.79QKBGX Federated Mdt BalancedPairCorr
  0.95SBFIX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.97FRIEX Federated Hermes EmergingPairCorr
  0.94STFSX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.93STIAX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.92STILX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.92STISX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.72FRSAX Federated Floating RatePairCorr
  0.95FSBCX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.95FSBKX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.99FSBLX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.82QLSGX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.86QLSCX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.95FSHIX Federated Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.82INISX Federated IntermediatePairCorr
  0.93FSHSX Federated Short IntePairCorr
  0.91FSILX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.87FSTIX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.9FSTKX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.9FSTLX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.9FSTRX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.92FSTYX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.94FSTBX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.97PIEFX Pnc Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.88SVALX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.9FTIAX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.69FTGLX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.88SVAAX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.88SVAIX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.88SVACX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.78FTRBX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.68FTRGX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr

Moving against Federated Mutual Fund

  0.85PIGDX Pnc International GrowthPairCorr
  0.88PIUCX Pnc International EquityPairCorr
  0.88PIUIX Pnc International EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Federated Mutual Fund performing well and Federated International 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 Federated International'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.