Lincoln Inflation Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Lincoln Inflation Plus and Schwab Target 2035 is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Lincoln Inflation 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.

Lincoln Inflation Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Lincoln Inflation Plus and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Lincoln Inflation Plus 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 Lincoln Inflation Plus. 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 housing.

Moving together with Lincoln Mutual Fund

  1.0LFTAX Lincoln Inflation PlusPairCorr
  0.94NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.91DIFDX Mfs Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.87MWSTX Metropolitan WestPairCorr
  0.9ROBAX Robinson Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.9AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96AMDWX Amana Developing WorldPairCorr
  0.94EMRGX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.89JLFIX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.96EMDQX Prudential EmergingPairCorr
  0.74PFPFX Poplar Forest PartnersPairCorr
  0.96AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.76AAMAX Absolute Capital AssetPairCorr
  0.78PSGRX Putnam Small CapPairCorr
  0.9GIMDX Goldman Sachs LocalPairCorr
  0.91OGMCX Oppenheimer Gold Special Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.86EPSIX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.9AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.93CVSCX Calamos Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.92WFPRX Wells Fargo SpecialPairCorr
  0.94MKVFX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.9NPSFX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.71UITCX Usaa Intermediate TermPairCorr
  0.92DSCIX Dana Small CapPairCorr
  0.96AMIDX Amana Developing WorldPairCorr
  0.87RMDUX American Funds MultiPairCorr
  0.71RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.67GCECX Ab Global EPairCorr
  0.89WSHNX Short Duration IncomePairCorr
  0.86JVACX Jpmorgan Value AdvantagePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Lincoln Mutual Fund performing well and Lincoln Inflation 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 Lincoln Inflation'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.