Mercer Opportunistic Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mercer Opportunistic and Mercer Emerging Markets is 0.27 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Mercer Opportunistic 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.

Mercer Opportunistic Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Mercer Opportunistic Fixed and DJI is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mercer Opportunistic Fixed 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 Mercer Opportunistic Fixed. 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 Mercer Mutual Fund

  1.0MOFTX Mercer OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.9MSDYX Mercer FundsPairCorr
  0.91MSCGX Mercer Smallmid CapPairCorr
  0.78MCFIX Mercer Core FixedPairCorr
  0.79MCFQX Mercer Core FixedPairCorr
  0.89MEMSX Mercer Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.89MEMQX Mercer Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.94PONCX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.94PONAX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.94PIPNX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.94PONRX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.94PONPX Pimco Incme FundPairCorr
  0.94PIINX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.94PIMIX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.97LBNDX Lord Abbett BondPairCorr
  0.96FSTAX Fidelity Advisor StrPairCorr
  0.96FSRIX Fidelity Advisor StrPairCorr
  0.86NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.9IBBFX Thrivent Balanced IncomePairCorr
  0.9FSRTX Fidelity Strategic RealPairCorr
  0.89FCHKX Fidelity China RegionPairCorr
  0.85RPPVX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.89SIEYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.75JCNAX Janus ContrarianPairCorr
  0.93OSIYX Oppenheimer StrategicPairCorr
  0.9FSIRX Fidelity Strategic RealPairCorr
  0.82ERIFX Eaton Vance BalancedPairCorr
  0.97JHYFX Janus High YieldPairCorr
  0.92IFACX Income FundPairCorr
  0.95AYBLX Pioneer Classic BalancedPairCorr
  0.96ATOBX Aberdeen Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.9RYSPX Sp 500 FundPairCorr
  0.93SRUIX Spectrum Fund InstitPairCorr
  0.78PRMTX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.66SCPWX Carillon Reams CorePairCorr
  0.65PGRKX Global Real EstatePairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mercer Mutual Fund performing well and Mercer Opportunistic 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 Mercer Opportunistic'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.