Municipal Total Correlations

NMTRX Fund  USD 10.24  0.03  0.29%   
The current 90-days correlation between Municipal Total Return and Nuveen Small Cap is -0.34 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Municipal Total 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.

Municipal Total Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Municipal Total Return and DJI is -0.31 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Municipal Total Return 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 Municipal Total Return. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Municipal Mutual Fund

  0.67FRKSX Nuveen Kansas MunicipalPairCorr
  0.93FAARX Nuveen All AmericanPairCorr
  0.93FAAWX Nuveen All AmericanPairCorr
  0.89FACCX Nuveen All AmericanPairCorr
  0.98FAFPX Nuveen Missouri MunicipalPairCorr
  0.63FAFOX Nuveen Kansas MunicipalPairCorr
  0.97FAFNX Nuveen Michigan MunicipalPairCorr
  0.98FAFKX Nuveen Orado MunicipalPairCorr
  0.97FAMAX Nuveen Minnesota IntPairCorr
  0.99FAMTX Nuveen Minnesota IntPairCorr
  0.81FSHAX Nuveen Short TermPairCorr

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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   
FREGXFREAX
FRLCXFREAX
FRLCXFREGX
NPSFXNPSAX
NPSRXNPSAX
NPSRXNPSFX
  
High negative correlations   
FRMPXFRKSX
FRKSXEMGRX
FRKSXNPSRX
FRKSXNPSFX
FRKSXNPSAX
FRLCXFRMPX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Municipal Mutual Fund performing well and Municipal Total 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 Municipal Total'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
EMGRX  0.89  0.01  0.08  0.13  0.74 
 2.12 
 7.90 
FREAX  0.65  0.02 (0.10) 0.23  0.73 
 1.24 
 3.55 
FREGX  0.65  0.02 (0.10) 0.24  0.73 
 1.25 
 3.52 
NPSAX  0.11  0.01 (0.65) 0.75  0.00 
 0.26 
 0.77 
NPSFX  0.12  0.01 (0.65) 1.32  0.00 
 0.26 
 0.77 
NPSCX  0.11  0.01 (0.66) 0.51  0.00 
 0.26 
 0.64 
NPSRX  0.12  0.01 (0.65) 0.71  0.00 
 0.32 
 0.77 
FRKSX  0.15  0.00  0.00  0.15  0.00 
 0.30 
 1.30 
FRMPX  0.97  0.01  0.05  0.13  1.00 
 2.22 
 7.20 
FRLCX  0.64  0.02 (0.11) 0.22  0.73 
 1.23 
 3.46