Floating Rate Correlations

LFRFX Fund  USD 8.07  0.01  0.12%   
The current 90-days correlation between Floating Rate and Alpine Ultra Short is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Floating Rate 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.

Floating Rate Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Floating Rate Fund and DJI is 0.66 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Floating Rate Fund 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 Floating Rate Fund. 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 Floating Mutual Fund

  0.9OOSYX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.92OOSIX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.99LFRIX Floating RatePairCorr
  1.0LARCX Floating RatePairCorr
  1.0LFRRX Lord Abbett InvPairCorr
  1.0LRRRX Floating RatePairCorr
  1.0LRRTX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.99LRRVX Floating RatePairCorr
  1.0LRRKX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.61VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.61VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.84VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.83VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.83VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.63JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.76BA Boeing Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.77AA Alcoa Corp Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.66MRK Merck Company Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

Moving against Floating Mutual Fund

  0.54MSFT Microsoft Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.51HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.32PG Procter GamblePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Floating Mutual Fund performing well and Floating Rate 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 Floating Rate'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.