Short Duration Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Income and Nuveen Real Asset is -0.06 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Short Duration 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 Duration Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Income and DJI is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Duration Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.98SAFEX Weitz Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.99WSHNX Short Duration IncomePairCorr
  0.68WBALX Balanced Fund BalancedPairCorr
  0.73WBAIX Weitz BalancedPairCorr
  0.92WCPBX Core Plus IncomePairCorr
  0.95WNTFX Nebraska Tax FreePairCorr
  0.69WPVIX Partners ValuePairCorr
  0.91VBIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.93VFSUX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.95VFSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.91VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.94VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.91NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.84JSCRX Prudential Jennison SmallPairCorr
  0.93CGIFX International Growth AndPairCorr
  0.89PVCMX Palm Valley CapitalPairCorr
  0.9CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.93PELAX Pimco Emerging LocalPairCorr
  0.86NWCPX Nationwide E PlusPairCorr
  0.83VFIDX Vanguard IntermediatePairCorr
  0.91EKGIX Wells Fargo GlobalPairCorr
  0.95RITAX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.63VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.93NPNRX Neuberger Berman LargePairCorr
  0.92AMDWX Amana Developing WorldPairCorr
  0.91PARLX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.91TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.85BRSDX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.94FMNEX Free Market InternationalPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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

PYVAXPYVSX
AGEPXDFLEX
DLINXDFLEX
AGEPXDLINX
NRIAXAGEPX
NRIAXDFLEX
  

High negative correlations

EOSSSIZX
EOSSSIRX
NRIAXEOS
AGEPXEOS
EOSDFLEX
EOSDLINX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short Mutual Fund performing well and Short Duration 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 Duration'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
DFLEX  0.05  0.01 (0.46)(0.74) 0.00 
 0.12 
 0.23 
DLINX  0.05  0.01 (0.45) 0.66  0.00 
 0.12 
 0.23 
SSIZX  0.10  0.02 (0.34) 1.99  0.00 
 0.25 
 0.46 
SSIRX  0.09  0.02 (0.36) 0.35  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.51 
EOS  0.71 (0.09) 0.00 (0.06) 0.00 
 1.37 
 3.55 
PYVSX  0.48  0.08  0.01 (2.60) 0.53 
 0.99 
 2.82 
PYVAX  0.48  0.08  0.01 (2.81) 0.54 
 1.00 
 2.77 
AGEPX  0.15  0.10  0.12 (3.57) 0.00 
 0.39 
 1.36 
RYTFX  1.01  0.29  0.38  0.28  0.12 
 2.39 
 16.09 
NRIAX  0.22  0.09  0.04 (2.93) 0.00 
 0.50 
 1.25