Tax-exempt Bond Correlations

RTECX Fund  USD 21.96  0.01  0.05%   
The current 90-days correlation between Tax Exempt Bond and Vanguard Intermediate Term Tax Exempt is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Tax-exempt Bond 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.

Tax-exempt Bond Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Tax Exempt Bond Fund and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Tax Exempt Bond Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Tax-exempt Mutual Fund

  0.71RREAX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.71RREYX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.71RRESX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.71RRSCX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.73RRSRX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.7RSBRX Strategic BondPairCorr
  0.75RSBTX Short Duration BondPairCorr
  0.73RSBYX Short Duration BondPairCorr
  0.76RSBCX Short Duration BondPairCorr
  0.78RSDTX Short Duration BondPairCorr
  0.99RBCUX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.7RSYTX Strategic BondPairCorr
  0.99RTEAX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr

Moving against Tax-exempt Mutual Fund

  0.34RSCRX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.33RSEAX Us Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.33RSESX Us Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.32RSECX Us Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.33RTDAX Multifactor EquityPairCorr
  0.33RTDYX Select EquityPairCorr
  0.33RTDSX Select EquityPairCorr
  0.33RTDRX Select EquityPairCorr
  0.33RTDTX Select EquityPairCorr
  0.32RTDCX Multifactor EquityPairCorr
  0.31RTLCX Tax Managed LargePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Tax-exempt Mutual Fund performing well and Tax-exempt Bond 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 Tax-exempt Bond'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
VWITX  0.11 (0.01)(0.38)(0.16) 0.17 
 0.22 
 1.03 
VWIUX  0.12 (0.01)(0.37)(0.13) 0.17 
 0.29 
 1.10 
AFTEX  0.13  0.01 (0.30) 0.04  0.21 
 0.32 
 1.29 
AFTFX  0.13  0.01 (0.30) 0.04  0.21 
 0.32 
 1.29 
TEBCX  0.13 (0.01)(0.29)(0.10) 0.21 
 0.32 
 1.29 
TEAFX  0.13  0.01 (0.29) 0.03  0.20 
 0.32 
 1.29 
TFEBX  0.13  0.01 (0.30) 0.03  0.20 
 0.32 
 1.29 
FLTMX  0.11 (0.01)(0.36)(0.15) 0.17 
 0.29 
 1.09 
MDNLX  0.13  0.00 (0.35) 0.05  0.17 
 0.30 
 1.09 
MFNLX  0.12  0.00 (0.35) 0.08  0.17 
 0.30 
 1.09