Sextant Short Correlations

STBFX Fund  USD 4.95  0.01  0.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between Sextant Short Term and Sextant Growth Fund is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Sextant Short 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.

Sextant Short Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Sextant Short Term Bond 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 Sextant Short Term Bond and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Sextant Short Term Bond. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in census.

Moving together with Sextant Mutual Fund

  0.78SBIFX Sextant Bond IncomePairCorr
  0.63VBIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.8VFSUX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.86VFSIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.86VFSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.84VBITX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.84VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.63LALDX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.83VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.67LDLAX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.72LDLRX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr

Moving against Sextant Mutual Fund

  0.37DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.36BDJ Blackrock Enhanced EquityPairCorr
  0.31FSEAX Fidelity Emerging AsiaPairCorr
  0.5FLTTX Wisdomtree Floating RatePairCorr
  0.38NAVAX Navigator Equity Hedged Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.38PFLLX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Sextant Mutual Fund performing well and Sextant Short 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 Sextant Short'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.