Madison Core Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Madison Core Bond and Gmo High Yield is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Madison Core 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.

Madison Core Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Madison Core Bond and DJI is 0.29 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Madison Core Bond 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 Madison Core Bond. 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 Madison Mutual Fund

  0.99MBORX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.98MBOYX Madison E BondPairCorr
  0.68VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.94VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.94VTBSX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.94VTBIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.94BFAFX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.94ABNDX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.91BFACX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.94FBOFX American FundsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Madison Mutual Fund performing well and Madison Core 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 Madison Core'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.