Tiaa Cref Correlations

TLFRX Fund  USD 14.84  0.09  0.60%   
The current 90-days correlation between Tiaa Cref Lifecycle and Vanguard Target Retirement is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Tiaa Cref 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 Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Tiaa Cref Lifecycle 2050 and DJI is 0.36 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Tiaa Cref Lifecycle 2050 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Tiaa Mutual Fund

  0.73TEDNX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.74TEDLX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.72TEDHX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.68TEDVX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.74TEDTX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.72TEDPX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.63TEIHX Tiaa Cref EquityPairCorr
  0.67TEQWX Tiaa Cref EquityPairCorr
  0.81TFITX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.81TFIRX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.81TFIPX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.81TFIHX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.97TFTIX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.97TFTHX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.81TGRKX Tiaa Cref GreenPairCorr
  0.86TGRNX Tiaa Cref GreenPairCorr
  0.87TGROX Tiaa Cref GreenPairCorr
  0.87TGRLX Tiaa Cref GreenPairCorr
  0.87TGRMX Tiaa Cref GreenPairCorr
  0.8THCVX Tiaa Cref LargePairCorr
  0.88TIBDX Tiaa Cref BondPairCorr
  0.62TIBEX Tiaa Cref IntlPairCorr
  0.89TIBFX Tiaa Cref BondPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Tiaa Mutual Fund performing well and Tiaa Cref 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'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.