Nuveen Preferred Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Nuveen Preferred Sec and Transamerica Financial Life is 0.18 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Nuveen Preferred 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.

Nuveen Preferred Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Nuveen Preferred Securities and DJI is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Nuveen Preferred Securities 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 Nuveen Preferred Securities. 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 Nuveen Mutual Fund

  0.78NPSAX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.78NPSFX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.99NPSCX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.7NQGCX Nuveen Nwq GlobalPairCorr
  0.71NQGAX Nuveen Nwq GlobalPairCorr

Moving against Nuveen Mutual Fund

  0.49FAFMX Nuveen Ohio MunicipalPairCorr
  0.49FAFJX Nuveen Limited TermPairCorr
  0.41FAFOX Nuveen Kansas MunicipalPairCorr
  0.36FAFLX Nuveen Louisiana MunPairCorr
  0.32FRKSX Nuveen Kansas MunicipalPairCorr
  0.33FTLRX Nuveen Louisiana MunPairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Nuveen Mutual Fund performing well and Nuveen Preferred 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 Nuveen Preferred'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.