Union Street Correlations

USPCX Fund  USD 32.45  0.41  1.28%   
The current 90-days correlation between Union Street Partners and Qs Large Cap is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Union Street 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.

Union Street Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Union Street Partners and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Union Street Partners 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 Union Street Partners. 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Union Mutual Fund

  1.0USPFX Union Street PartnersPairCorr
  1.0USPVX Union Street PartnersPairCorr
  0.74VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.65AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.65WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.68WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.82DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.65AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.65AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.78FSMMX Fs Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.89BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.81BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.89MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr
  0.86RAFCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.85THMGX Thornburg InvestmentPairCorr
  0.92ONECX Jpmorgan Investor GrowthPairCorr
  0.81IIINX Thrivent OpportunityPairCorr
  0.61VEIRX Vanguard Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.68JSHSX Janus Short TermPairCorr
  0.71DHTYX Diamond Hill AllPairCorr
  0.88GMVRX Goldman Sachs SmallmidPairCorr
  0.86WINDX Wilshire 5000 IndexPairCorr
  0.63AMCPX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.75MFQTX Amg Fq TaxPairCorr
  0.77MXCCX Federated Max CapPairCorr

Moving against Union Mutual Fund

  0.36AMRMX American MutualPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Union Mutual Fund performing well and Union Street 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 Union Street'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.