Short Duration Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Bond and Aqr Large Cap is -0.12 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Short Duration 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.

Short Duration Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Bond and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Duration Bond 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 Short Duration Bond. 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.89RREAX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.9RREYX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.89RRESX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.89RRSCX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.87RRSRX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.77RSBRX Strategic BondPairCorr
  1.0RSBTX Short Duration BondPairCorr
  0.98RSBCX Short Duration BondPairCorr
  0.95RSDTX Short Duration BondPairCorr
  0.63RAZCX Multi Asset GrowthPairCorr
  0.73RBCUX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.77RSYTX Strategic BondPairCorr
  0.73RTEAX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.73RTECX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.31RSCRX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.31RSEAX Us Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.32RTDAX Multifactor EquityPairCorr
  0.32RTDCX Multifactor EquityPairCorr
  0.32RTDTX Select EquityPairCorr
  0.31RTDYX Select EquityPairCorr
  0.31RTDSX Select EquityPairCorr
  0.31RTDRX Select EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short Mutual Fund performing well and Short Duration 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 Short Duration'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.