Floating Rate Correlations

LRRTX Fund  USD 8.05  0.02  0.25%   
The current 90-days correlation between Floating Rate and Growth Allocation Fund is 0.14 (i.e., Average 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 0.81 (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 various price indices.

Moving together with Floating Mutual Fund

  0.66ELMFX Lord Abbett TrustPairCorr
  0.65ELMCX Lord Abbett TrustPairCorr
  0.88LFSFX Lord Abbett FocusedPairCorr
  0.99LFRAX Floating RatePairCorr
  1.0LFRFX Floating RatePairCorr
  1.0LFRIX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.99LFRRX Lord Abbett InvPairCorr
  1.0LFROX Lord Abbett FloatingPairCorr
  0.93LHYOX Lord Abbett HighPairCorr
  0.8LIGFX Lord Abbett DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.81LIFAX Lord Abbett InflationPairCorr
  0.77LINJX Lord Abbett NewPairCorr
  0.83LOISX Lord Abbett IntermediatePairCorr
  0.9LOLDX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.99LRRKX Floating RatePairCorr
  1.0LRRRX Floating RatePairCorr
  1.0LRRVX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.87LRSOX Lord Abbett SmallPairCorr
  0.9LAAFX Lord Abbett AffiliatedPairCorr
  0.99LARCX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.88OOSYX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.9OOSIX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.9EKWDX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.82PMPIX Precious Metals UltrPairCorr
  0.82PMPSX Precious Metals UltrPairCorr
  0.93PTLCX Low DurationPairCorr
  0.85SCWFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.83ACOAX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.77PHYSX Pia High YieldPairCorr
  0.74TRAMX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.82MAAHX Mfs Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.66IPSHX Pinnacle Sherman MultiPairCorr
  0.83ARTIX Artisan InternationalPairCorr

Moving against Floating Mutual Fund

  0.44CISGX Touchstone Sands CapitalPairCorr

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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.