Inflation Protected Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Inflation Protected and College Retirement Equities is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Inflation Protected 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.

Inflation Protected Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Inflation Protected Fund and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Inflation Protected Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Inflation Mutual Fund

  0.65VBCVX Broad Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.89VCBDX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.64VCGEX Emerging EconomiesPairCorr
  0.95VCGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.89VCFVX Foreign ValuePairCorr
  0.88VCIEX International EquitiesPairCorr
  0.84VCIFX International GovernmentPairCorr
  0.76VCIGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.68VCINX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.9VCSOX Global Social AwarenessPairCorr
  0.83VGCLX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.73VGLSX Global StrategyPairCorr
  0.63VGREX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.85VHYLX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.81VIOPX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.64VLAGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.74VLSMX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.97VIPSX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  1.0VIPIX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.97VAIPX Vanguard InflationPairCorr
  0.97FLIBX American Funds InflationPairCorr

Moving against Inflation Mutual Fund

  0.41VCBCX Blue Chip GrowthPairCorr
  0.34VCULX Growth Fund GrowthPairCorr
  0.31VAPPX Valic Company IPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Inflation Mutual Fund performing well and Inflation Protected 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 Inflation Protected'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.