Sit Tax-free Correlations

SNTYX Fund  USD 8.88  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Sit Tax Free and Sit Mid Cap is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Sit Tax-free 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.

Sit Tax-free Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Sit Tax Free Income 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 Sit Tax Free Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Sit Mutual Fund

  0.87SSCDX Sit Small CapPairCorr
  0.7GDGIX Sit Global DividendPairCorr
  0.7GDGSX Sit Global DividendPairCorr
  0.83SSMGX Sit Small CapPairCorr
  0.87SDFSX Sit Small CapPairCorr
  0.86SDMGX Sit Developing MarketsPairCorr
  0.63SDVSX Sit Dividend GrowthPairCorr
  0.63SDVGX Sit Dividend GrowthPairCorr
  0.98SMTFX Sit Minnesota TaxPairCorr
  0.83SNGRX Sit International GrowthPairCorr
  0.94SNGVX Sit U SPairCorr
  0.94SNGYX Sit Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  1.0SNTIX Sit Tax FreePairCorr
  0.96SQIYX Sit Mutual FundsPairCorr
  0.97SQIFX Sit Quality IncomePairCorr
  0.97VWITX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.97VWIUX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.99AFTEX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99AFTFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99TFEBX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.96FLTMX Fidelity IntermediatePairCorr
  0.98GSMUX Goldman Sachs DynamicPairCorr
  0.98GSMIX Goldman Sachs DynamicPairCorr
  0.9VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.9VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.9VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr

Moving against Sit Mutual Fund

  0.37SNIGX Sit Large CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Sit Mutual Fund performing well and Sit Tax-free 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 Sit Tax-free'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
SSCDX  0.71  0.15  0.18  0.24  0.53 
 1.71 
 4.82 
GDGIX  0.52  0.03  0.01  0.13  0.62 
 0.98 
 3.57 
GDGSX  0.52  0.03  0.01  0.13  0.63 
 0.99 
 3.61 
SSMGX  0.88  0.25  0.24  0.36  0.55 
 1.89 
 7.05 
SDFSX  0.71  0.15  0.17  0.24  0.52 
 1.71 
 4.77 
SDMGX  0.66  0.19  0.17  0.37  0.58 
 1.85 
 3.99 
SDVSX  0.61  0.19  0.21  0.47  0.34 
 0.99 
 11.34 
SDVGX  0.60  0.19  0.21  0.47  0.31 
 0.98 
 11.18 
SESGX  0.51  0.00 (0.04) 0.08  0.70 
 0.90 
 3.72 
NBNGX  0.89  0.10  0.08  0.18  1.03 
 1.62 
 5.64