Dimensional Retirement Correlations

TDIFX Fund  USD 12.22  0.01  0.08%   
The current 90-days correlation between Dimensional Retirement and Maryland Tax Free Bond is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Dimensional Retirement 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.

Dimensional Retirement Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Dimensional Retirement Income and DJI is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dimensional Retirement Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Dimensional Mutual Fund

  0.96DIHRX Intal High RelativePairCorr
  0.95DILRX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.94DISVX Dfa International SmallPairCorr
  0.94DISMX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.94DMNBX Dfa Mn MunicipalPairCorr
  0.83DMREX Dfa Municipal RealPairCorr
  0.92DNYMX Dfa Ny MunicipalPairCorr
  0.94DOGMX Dfa Oregon MunicipalPairCorr
  0.91DREIX World Core EquityPairCorr
  0.94DRIIX Dimensional 2045 TargetPairCorr
  0.91DRIHX Dimensional 2040 TargetPairCorr
  0.87DRIGX Dimensional 2035 TargetPairCorr
  0.86DRIWX Dimensional 2030 TargetPairCorr
  0.92DRIUX Dimensional 2025 TargetPairCorr
  0.88DRIRX Dimensional 2020 TargetPairCorr
  0.86DRIQX Dimensional 2015 TargetPairCorr
  0.94DRILX Dimensional 2060 TargetPairCorr
  0.94DRIKX Dimensional 2055 TargetPairCorr
  0.94DRIJX Dimensional 2050 TargetPairCorr
  0.95DAADX Dfa Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.94DAABX Dfa SustainabilityPairCorr
  0.96DSCLX Dfa International SocialPairCorr
  0.87DSCGX Dfa SmallPairCorr
  0.74DSFIX Dfa Social FixedPairCorr
  0.94DSHGX Dfa Selectively HedgedPairCorr
  0.94DSSMX Dfa Selective StatePairCorr
  0.72DTCPX Dfa Targeted CreditPairCorr
  0.97DTDRX Dimensional 2065 TargetPairCorr
  0.83DCARX Dfa California MunicipalPairCorr
  0.94DCIBX Dfa Ca IntPairCorr
  0.87DCMSX Dfa Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.9DURPX Us High RelativePairCorr
  0.83DUSQX Us Lg CapPairCorr
  0.79DUSLX Dfa LargePairCorr
  0.94DEMSX Emerging Markets SmallPairCorr
  0.94DEMGX Emerging Markets TargetedPairCorr
  0.95DESIX Emerging Markets SusPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dimensional Mutual Fund performing well and Dimensional Retirement 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 Dimensional Retirement'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.