Plumb Balanced Correlations

PLBBX Fund  USD 40.90  0.16  0.39%   
The current 90-days correlation between Plumb Balanced and Plumb Equity Fund is 0.99 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Plumb Balanced 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.

Plumb Balanced Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Plumb Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Plumb Balanced Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Plumb Balanced Fund. 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Plumb Mutual Fund

  0.99PLBEX Plumb EquityPairCorr
  1.0PLABX Plumb BalancedPairCorr
  0.99PLAEX Plumb EquityPairCorr
  1.0PLIBX Plumb BalancedPairCorr
  0.99PLIEX Plumb EquityPairCorr
  0.8FBONX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.85FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.84ABALX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.79BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.84BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.84RLBCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.83RLBBX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.84CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.84CLBEX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.8RLBFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.91KSOCX Kinetics Small Cap Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.91KSCYX Kinetics Small Cap Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.9KNPCX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.9WWNPX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.65LETRX Voya Russia FundPairCorr
  0.88KINAX Kinetics InternetPairCorr
  0.9KNPAX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.91KSCOX Kinetics Small Cap Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.9LSHUX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.89KINCX Kinetics InternetPairCorr
  0.79MAWAX Mfs Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.81JILGX Multimanager LifestylePairCorr
  0.76REBGX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.93FCNKX Fidelity Trafund ClassPairCorr
  0.9VWNEX Vanguard WindsorPairCorr
  0.92CICEX Investment Of AmericaPairCorr
  0.92VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.81CPLIX Calamos Phineus LongshortPairCorr
  0.92VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.67AOUIX Angel Oak UltrashortPairCorr
  0.8FFRDX Franklin Floating RatePairCorr
  0.62TIHWX Tiaa-cref High-yieldPairCorr
  0.96DREQX Dreyfus Research GrowthPairCorr
  0.67FLPXX Meeder FundsPairCorr

Moving against Plumb Mutual Fund

  0.36MTGDX Morgan Stanley MortgagePairCorr

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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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CBLAXVLAAX
CBLAXPLBEX
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SIBAXVLAAX
  
High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Plumb Mutual Fund performing well and Plumb Balanced 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 Plumb Balanced'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.