Federated Equity Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Federated Equity Income and Aqr Managed Futures is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Federated Equity 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 Equity Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Federated Equity Income and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Federated Equity Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Federated Equity Income. 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

  0.87EMDIX Federated Emerging MarketPairCorr
  0.81QKACX Federated Mdt AllPairCorr
  0.79QKBGX Federated Mdt BalancedPairCorr
  0.85SBFIX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.85FRIEX Federated Hermes EmergingPairCorr
  0.89STFSX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.88STIAX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.87STILX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.87STISX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.79FRSAX Federated Floating RatePairCorr
  0.85FSBCX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.85FSBKX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.95FSBLX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.8QLSGX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.8QLSCX Federated Mdt SmallPairCorr
  0.9FSHIX Federated Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.74INISX Federated IntermediatePairCorr
  0.91FSHSX Federated Short IntePairCorr
  0.78FSILX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.78FSTIX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.85FSTKX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.84FSTLX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.85FSTRX Federated Mdt LargePairCorr
  0.78FSTYX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.86FSTBX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.85PIEFX Pnc Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.82SVALX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.8FTIAX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.83SVAAX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.83SVAIX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.83SVACX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.68FTRBX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr

Moving against Federated Mutual Fund

  0.89PIGDX Pnc International GrowthPairCorr
  0.94PIUCX Pnc International EquityPairCorr
  0.94PIUIX Pnc International EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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