Nuveen Preferred Correlations

JPC Fund  USD 8.27  0.01  0.12%   
The current 90-days correlation between Nuveen Preferred Income and Nuveen Municipal Credit is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Nuveen Preferred 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.

Nuveen Preferred Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Nuveen Preferred Income and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Nuveen Preferred Income 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 Nuveen Preferred Income. Also, note that the market value of any fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in persons.

Moving together with Nuveen Fund

  0.66RYMEX Commodities StrategyPairCorr
  0.7RYMJX Commodities StrategyPairCorr
  0.7RYMBX Commodities StrategyPairCorr
  0.78BRUFX Bruce Fund BrucePairCorr
  0.66SPGSX State Street PremierPairCorr
  0.78KF Korea ClosedPairCorr
  0.75SPGEX Symmetry Panoramic GlobalPairCorr
  0.85VHYLX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.83HLDRX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.86SWYLX Schwab Target 2020PairCorr
  0.69FCMAX Fidelity CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.64BZOIX Collegeadvantage 529PairCorr
  0.78TEOJX Transamerica EmergingPairCorr
  0.65USLUX Us Global InvestorsPairCorr
  0.89DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.82RSPMX Victory Rs PartnersPairCorr
  0.83JGCCX Janus Global AllocationPairCorr
  0.63CUSUX Six Circles UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.77MFFPX Mfs Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.8BLNAX Balanced Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.78CCLTX American Funds 2065PairCorr
  0.81RPFDX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.72MVALX Meridian ContrarianPairCorr
  0.83MHESX Mh Elite SelectPairCorr
  0.62PFRIX Prudential Floating RatePairCorr
  0.67ESMYX Invesco European SmallPairCorr
  0.73BWLYX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.71JAVTX Janus VenturePairCorr
  0.76RRTNX T Rowe PricePairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Nuveen Fund performing well and Nuveen Preferred 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 Nuveen Preferred'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
NZF  0.41  0.03 (0.06) 0.31  0.47 
 0.87 
 2.88 
PTY  0.34 (0.08) 0.00 (0.17) 0.00 
 0.85 
 2.51 
NVG  0.36  0.07  0.01  0.78  0.13 
 0.96 
 2.72 
ACP-PA  0.44 (0.03) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.14 
 2.33 
ETY  0.66 (0.11) 0.00 (0.09) 0.00 
 1.38 
 3.53 
NAD  0.38  0.05 (0.07) 2.28  0.32 
 1.00 
 2.35 
EXG  0.60  0.05  0.02  0.16  0.64 
 1.26 
 3.15 
YAFFX  0.83  0.38  0.35  1.44  0.30 
 1.41 
 15.86 
YAFIX  0.83  0.38  0.36  1.46  0.31 
 1.36 
 16.03 
ADX  0.69 (0.01)(0.05) 0.06  0.78 
 1.51 
 3.09