Selected International Correlations

SLSSX Fund  USD 11.98  0.11  0.93%   
The current 90-days correlation between Selected International and Selected American Shares is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Selected International 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.

Selected International Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Selected International Fund and DJI is 0.37 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Selected International Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Selected Mutual Fund

  0.88RMQAX Monthly RebalancePairCorr
  0.88RMQHX Monthly RebalancePairCorr
  0.63XOM Exxon Mobil CorpPairCorr
  0.77TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.62HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.71AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr

Moving against Selected Mutual Fund

  0.59BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.56PFE Pfizer IncPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Selected Mutual Fund performing well and Selected International 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 Selected International'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.