Tiaa-cref Lifecycle Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Tiaa Cref Lifecycle and Alpsalerian Energy Infrastructure is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Tiaa-cref Lifecycle 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.

Tiaa-cref Lifecycle Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Tiaa Cref Lifecycle 2010 and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Tiaa Cref Lifecycle 2010 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Tiaa-cref Mutual Fund

  0.94FSNKX Fidelity Freedom 2010PairCorr
  0.84RRTAX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  1.0PARAX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.95AAATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  0.78FAATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  0.92CCATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  1.0TRPUX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.83TRRAX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.84FFFCX Fidelity Freedom 2010PairCorr
  0.93FOTKX Fidelity Freedom 2010PairCorr
  0.74FSMMX Fs Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.76BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.78BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.78MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr
  0.75BASMX Blackrock Total StockPairCorr
  0.72CDDYX Columbia Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.68IREIX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.72ABSIX Ab Discovery ValuePairCorr
  0.84CIESX Calvert InternationalPairCorr
  0.86STSIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.61PRILX Parnassus Equity IncmePairCorr
  0.82JVMIX John Hancock DisciplinedPairCorr
  0.78FIMPX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.65JATAX Janus Global TechnologyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Tiaa-cref Mutual Fund performing well and Tiaa-cref Lifecycle 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 Tiaa-cref Lifecycle'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.