Plumb Balanced Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Plumb Balanced and Barings Emerging Markets is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification). 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between Plumb Balanced and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Plumb Balanced 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. 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

  0.66FBONX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.66FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.65ABALX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.65BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.65BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.65RLBCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.65RLBBX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.65CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.65CLBEX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.66RLBFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.79VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.77VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.79VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.79VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.79VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.79VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.77VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.77VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.75BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.62INTC Intel Fiscal Year End 23rd of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.65HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.76AXP American Express Fiscal Year End 24th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.76JPM JPMorgan Chase Sell-off TrendPairCorr

Moving against Plumb Mutual Fund

  0.31VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.66MRK Merck Company Fiscal Year End 6th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.66KO Coca Cola Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.6PFE Pfizer Inc Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.31VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr

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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 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.