Short Duration Correlations

WEFIX Fund  USD 11.96  0.01  0.08%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Income and Weitz Ultra Short is 0.63 (i.e., Poor 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

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Income and DJI is -0.07 (i.e., Good 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.
  
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Short Duration Income. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.99WSHNX Short Duration IncomePairCorr
  0.61WBAIX Weitz BalancedPairCorr
  0.62VFSUX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.64VFSIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.62VFSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.9LALDX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.9LDLAX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.95LDLRX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
WPOPXWPOIX
WBAIXWBALX
WPVIXWPOIX
WPVIXWPOPX
WPOIXWVAIX
WPOPXWVAIX
  
High negative correlations   
WPVIXWCPBX
WPOPXWCPBX
WPOIXWCPBX
WCPBXSAFEX
WVAIXWCPBX
WCPBXWBAIX

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
SAFEX  0.04  0.01  0.00 (0.35) 0.00 
 0.00 
 0.40 
WBALX  0.26 (0.02)(0.29) 0.07  0.23 
 0.52 
 1.80 
WBAIX  0.24 (0.01)(0.30) 0.08  0.20 
 0.68 
 1.80 
WCPBX  0.20 (0.02) 0.00  0.39  0.00 
 0.41 
 1.14 
WVAIX  0.60 (0.03)(0.06) 0.09  0.68 
 1.13 
 4.73 
WEFIX  0.08  0.00 (1.14)(0.27) 0.00 
 0.17 
 0.59 
WNTFX  0.08 (0.01)(0.48)(0.11) 0.11 
 0.21 
 0.83 
WPOIX  0.52  0.01 (0.03) 0.13  0.49 
 0.98 
 4.40 
WPOPX  0.54  0.01 (0.03) 0.14  0.53 
 0.96 
 4.54 
WPVIX  0.57  0.01 (0.02) 0.13  0.56 
 1.04 
 4.73