Schwab Target Correlations

SWGRX Fund  USD 11.00  0.02  0.18%   
The current 90-days correlation between Schwab Target 2015 and Balanced Fund Retail is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Schwab Target 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.

Schwab Target Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Schwab Target 2015 and DJI is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Schwab Target 2015 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 Schwab Target 2015. 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 population.

Moving together with Schwab Mutual Fund

  0.78SWBRX Schwab Target 2010PairCorr
  0.97SWCGX Schwab MarkettrackPairCorr
  0.75SWBGX Schwab MarkettrackPairCorr
  0.98SWDRX Schwab Target 2030PairCorr
  0.71SWCRX Schwab Target 2020PairCorr
  0.69SWERX Schwab Target 2040PairCorr
  0.94SWIRX Schwab Target 2035PairCorr
  0.97SWHGX Schwab Markettrack GrowthPairCorr
  0.71SWOBX Schwab BalancedPairCorr
  0.69SWNRX Schwab Target 2050PairCorr

Moving against Schwab Mutual Fund

  0.4SWMIX Laudus InternationalPairCorr
  0.36LGILX Laudus Large CapPairCorr
  0.33SWANX Schwab E EquityPairCorr
  0.43RRTMX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.4PARHX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.39SFILX Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
  0.39SFNNX Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
  0.38SICNX Schwab InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Schwab Mutual Fund performing well and Schwab Target 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 Schwab Target'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.