Short-term Bond Correlations

USSBX Fund  USD 9.11  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Bond and Artisan High Income is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Short-term Bond 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 Bond Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Term Bond Fund and DJI is -0.2 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Bond 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 Bond 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.84IPFIX Victory IncorePairCorr
  0.98RSDYX Victory Incore LowPairCorr
  0.76RSENX Victory Sophus EmergingPairCorr
  0.92RSFYX Victory Floating RatePairCorr
  0.9RSFCX Victory Floating RatePairCorr
  0.93RSFMX Victory Floating RatePairCorr
  0.91RSFLX Victory Floating RatePairCorr
  0.71RSIGX Victory Rs InternationalPairCorr

Moving against Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.54RSEGX Victory Rs SmallPairCorr
  0.51SSGSX Victory Sycamore SmallPairCorr
  0.5MMECX Victory IntegrityPairCorr
  0.47SSVSX Victory Special ValuePairCorr
  0.47MMMSX Victory IntegrityPairCorr
  0.45MMEAX Victory IntegrityPairCorr
  0.45MMIJX Victory Integrity MidPairCorr
  0.45MMMMX Victory IntegrityPairCorr
  0.44SRVEX Victory Diversified StockPairCorr
  0.43RPPRX Victory Rs PartnersPairCorr
  0.4MNNAX Victory Munder MultiPairCorr
  0.39SBFCX Victory Incore InvestmentPairCorr
  0.38SBFMX Victory PortfoliosPairCorr
  0.68UNYBX New York BondPairCorr
  0.57VSCVX Victory Integrity SmallPairCorr
  0.56VSVIX Victory Integrity SmallPairCorr
  0.54RSYEX Victory Rs SmallPairCorr
  0.49RSVYX Victory Rs ValuePairCorr
  0.48RSVAX Victory Rs ValuePairCorr
  0.47RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.47RSNYX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.47RCOCX Victory Rs LargePairCorr
  0.44RSINX Victory Rs InvestorsPairCorr
  0.44RSIYX Victory Rs InvestorsPairCorr
  0.44RSPFX Victory Rs PartnersPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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