Weitz Balanced Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Weitz Balanced and Stringer Growth Fund is 0.54 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Weitz Balanced 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.

Weitz Balanced Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Weitz Balanced and DJI is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Weitz Balanced and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Weitz Mutual Fund

  1.0WBALX Balanced Fund BalancedPairCorr
  0.99WVAIX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.99WVALX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.96WPOIX Partners Iii OpportunityPairCorr
  0.95WPOPX Partners Iii OpportunityPairCorr
  0.98WPVLX Partners ValuePairCorr
  0.98WPVIX Partners ValuePairCorr
  0.87VWINX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.87VWIAX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.69BKMIX Blackrock Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.94HBLTX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.94HBLRX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.94HBLSX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.94HBLVX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.94HBLYX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.94HBLCX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.94HBLIX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.66XDSMX Dreyfus StrategicPairCorr
  0.7XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.65NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.74PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.81XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr

Moving against Weitz Mutual Fund

  0.69SAFEX Weitz Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.59WSHNX Short Duration IncomePairCorr
  0.59WEFIX Short Duration IncomePairCorr
  0.75SFHIX Shenkman Floating RatePairCorr
  0.72AMFIX Aama Income FundPairCorr
  0.71CUSBX Columbia Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.58CSOIX Credit Suisse StrategicPairCorr
  0.48XNKGX Nuveen Georgia QualityPairCorr
  0.42ADNAX American Beacon ArkPairCorr
  0.4XPPRX Voya Prime RatePairCorr
  0.35PFN Pimco Income StrategyPairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Weitz Mutual Fund performing well and Weitz Balanced 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 Weitz Balanced'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.