Short-term Government Correlations

TWARX Fund  USD 9.07  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Government and Fidelity Real Estate is 0.43 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Short-term Government 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 Government Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Term Government Fund and DJI is -0.11 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Government Fund 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 Short Term Government Fund. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.98TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.97TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.92TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.92TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.76NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

Moving against Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.52TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.52AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.49AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.48AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.48AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.54TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.51TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.48TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.42TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.38TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.38TWSAX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.5TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.44ANTUX Nt Non IntrinsicPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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