Short-term Income Correlations

STCCX Fund  USD 12.17  0.01  0.08%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Income and Gabelli Convertible And is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Short-term Income 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.

Short-term Income Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Short Term Income Fund and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Income Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.82SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.82SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.82SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.85PFIJX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.85PFIEX International EquityPairCorr
  0.86PFIFX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.85PFISX International Small PanyPairCorr
  0.86PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.83SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.85PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.85SAUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.9PFUMX Finisterre UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.8PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.8PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.8PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.8PGDRX Diversified Real AssetPairCorr
  0.88PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.85PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.83SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.84SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.83SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.86PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.86PHJFX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.86PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.86PHJBX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.86PHJDX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.86PHJNX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.86PHJQX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.86PHJJX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.87PHJMX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.86PHJYX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short-term Mutual Fund performing well and Short-term Income 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 Short-term Income'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.