Basic Materials Correlations

RYBCX Fund  USD 55.34  0.42  0.76%   
The current 90-days correlation between Basic Materials and Basic Materials Fund is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Basic Materials 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.

Basic Materials Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Basic Materials Fund and DJI is 0.44 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Basic Materials Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Basic Mutual Fund

  1.0RYBAX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  1.0RYBMX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.91RYBHX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  1.0RYBIX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.98RYBOX Biotechnology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.83RYABX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.66RYAEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.76RYAUX Utilities Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.7RYATX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.74RYAVX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.62RYDKX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.99RYCFX Biotechnology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.67RYCEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.85RYCGX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.94RYCAX Consumer ProductsPairCorr

Moving against Basic Mutual Fund

  0.51RYAFX Inverse Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.86RYAQX Inverse Government LongPairCorr
  0.54RYCQX Inverse Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.45RYCWX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Basic Mutual Fund performing well and Basic Materials 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 Basic Materials' 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.