Global Resources Correlations

PSPFX Fund  USD 7.31  0.17  2.38%   
The current 90-days correlation between Global Resources and Intal High Relative is 0.51 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Global Resources 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.

Global Resources Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Global Resources Fund and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Global Resources Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Global Mutual Fund

  0.99UNWPX World Precious MineralsPairCorr
  0.69NEARX Near Term TaxPairCorr
  0.98USERX Gold And PreciousPairCorr
  0.82USLUX Us Global InvestorsPairCorr
  0.88UGSDX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.95TRNEX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.95VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.94PRNEX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.93GEACX Gmo TrustPairCorr
  0.93GAAHX Gmo ResourcesPairCorr
  0.93GMOWX Gmo ResourcesPairCorr
  0.97GHAIX Global Hard AssetsPairCorr
  0.95FMFEX Materials PortfolioPairCorr
  0.95FMFAX Materials PortfolioPairCorr
  0.95FMFCX Materials PortfolioPairCorr
  0.77MGGYX Mirova Global GreenPairCorr
  0.94HLDIX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.94HLDRX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.94HLDAX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.94HLDCX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.94HLDTX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.89TLORX Transamerica Large ValuePairCorr
  0.94AHLAX American Beacon AhlPairCorr
  0.98SGGDX First Eagle GoldPairCorr
  0.66ITBUX Hartford TotalPairCorr
  0.85FDCPX Computers PortfolioPairCorr
  0.89FNARX Fidelity Natural ResPairCorr
  0.93RARPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.93JIIRX Lifestyle Ii AggressivePairCorr
  0.89EBNCX American Funds EmergingPairCorr
  0.71LIFQX Lord Abbett InflationPairCorr
  0.89SSAGX Virtus Seix GovernmentPairCorr
  0.87WSBFX Walden Asset ManagementPairCorr
  0.67VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Global Mutual Fund performing well and Global Resources 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 Global Resources' 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.