Floating Rate Correlations

LFRIX Fund  USD 8.08  0.01  0.12%   
The current 90-days correlation between Floating Rate and Dreyfus Technology Growth is 0.09 (i.e., Significant 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Floating Rate Fund and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Floating Mutual Fund

  0.7ELMFX Lord Abbett TrustPairCorr
  0.69ELMCX Lord Abbett TrustPairCorr
  0.85LFSFX Lord Abbett FocusedPairCorr
  0.99LFRAX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.99LFRFX Floating RatePairCorr
  1.0LFRRX Lord Abbett InvPairCorr
  1.0LFROX Lord Abbett FloatingPairCorr
  0.85LFVAX Lord Abbett FocusedPairCorr
  0.84LFVCX Lord Abbett FocusedPairCorr
  0.71HYMOX Lord Abbett HighPairCorr
  0.95HYMQX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.76HYMAX Lord Abbett HighPairCorr
  0.77HYMFX Lord Abbett HighPairCorr
  0.76HYMIX Lord Abbett HighPairCorr
  0.71LGCAX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.71LGCFX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.69LGCCX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.7LGCRX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.72LGCOX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.71LGCVX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.71LGCSX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.71LGCYX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.72LGCWX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.7EMILX Lord Abbett EmergingPairCorr

Moving against Floating Mutual Fund

  0.36LGLIX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr

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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.