Floating Rate Correlations

LRRKX Fund  USD 8.04  0.02  0.25%   
The current 90-days correlation between Floating Rate and Payden Government Fund is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak 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 industry.

Moving together with Floating Mutual Fund

  0.65ELMFX Lord Abbett TrustPairCorr
  0.64ELMCX Lord Abbett TrustPairCorr
  0.9LFSFX Lord Abbett FocusedPairCorr
  0.98LFRAX Floating RatePairCorr
  1.0LFRFX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.99LFRIX Floating RatePairCorr
  1.0LFRRX Lord Abbett InvPairCorr
  0.98LFROX Lord Abbett FloatingPairCorr
  0.88LFVAX Lord Abbett FocusedPairCorr
  0.9LFVCX Lord Abbett FocusedPairCorr
  0.67HYMOX Lord Abbett HighPairCorr
  0.92HYMQX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.7HYMAX Lord Abbett HighPairCorr
  0.73HYMFX Lord Abbett HighPairCorr
  0.72HYMIX Lord Abbett HighPairCorr
  0.69LGCAX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.69LGCFX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.68LGCCX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.69LGCRX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.7LGCOX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.7LGCVX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.69LGCSX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.7LGCYX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.7LGCWX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.65EMILX Lord Abbett EmergingPairCorr
  0.61LGOQX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr

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.