Conservative Balanced Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Conservative Balanced and Target Retirement 2040 is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Conservative 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.

Conservative Balanced Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Conservative Balanced Allocati and DJI is 0.69 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Conservative Balanced Allocati and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Conservative Mutual Fund

  0.92VWIAX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.89VWINX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.84BKMIX Blackrock Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.92HBLTX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.92HBLRX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.92HBLSX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.92HBLVX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.92HBLFX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.92HBLYX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.92HBLCX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.61JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.62MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
  0.63DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.76WMT Walmart Common StockPairCorr

Moving against Conservative Mutual Fund

  0.64T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.48MSFT Microsoft Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.45HPQ HP IncPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Conservative Mutual Fund performing well and Conservative 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 Conservative 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.