Short Duration Correlations

WSHNX Fund  USD 12.07  0.00  0.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Income and Nuveen Real Asset is 0.28 (i.e., Modest 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

  0.99SAFEX Weitz Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.72WBALX Balanced Fund BalancedPairCorr
  0.72WBAIX Weitz BalancedPairCorr
  0.91WCPBX Core Plus IncomePairCorr
  0.9WCPNX Core Plus IncomePairCorr
  0.99WEFIX Short Duration IncomePairCorr
  0.95WNTFX Nebraska Tax FreePairCorr
  0.69WPVLX Partners ValuePairCorr
  0.69WPVIX Partners ValuePairCorr
  0.95VBIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.97VFSUX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.99VFSIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.99VFSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.95VBITX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.95VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.96VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.96LALDX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.97LDLAX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.97LDLRX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.93NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.85JSCRX Prudential Jennison SmallPairCorr
  0.94CGIFX International Growth AndPairCorr
  0.92PVCMX Palm Valley CapitalPairCorr
  0.91CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.94PELAX Pimco Emerging LocalPairCorr
  0.79XGAMX General American InvPairCorr
  0.85NWCPX Nationwide E PlusPairCorr
  0.85VFIDX Vanguard IntermediatePairCorr
  0.91EKGIX Wells Fargo GlobalPairCorr
  0.97RITAX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.67VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.94NPNRX Neuberger Berman LargePairCorr
  0.93AMDWX Amana Developing WorldPairCorr
  0.92PARLX T Rowe PricePairCorr

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

SSIRXSSIZX
PYVAXPYVSX
DLINXDFLEX
AGEPXDFLEX
AGEPXDLINX
SSIZXDFLEX
  

High negative correlations

NRIAXEOS
AGEPXEOS
EOSSSIRX
EOSSSIZX
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  0.00  13.02  0.00 
 0.12 
 0.23 
DLINX  0.05  0.01 (0.45) 0.66  0.00 
 0.12 
 0.23 
SSIZX  0.09  0.02 (0.34) 0.37  0.00 
 0.20 
 0.46 
SSIRX  0.09  0.02 (0.34) 0.40  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.51 
EOS  0.71 (0.09) 0.00 (0.06) 0.00 
 1.37 
 3.55 
PYVSX  0.49  0.04  0.03  0.14  0.53 
 0.99 
 2.82 
PYVAX  0.48  0.04  0.03  0.13  0.53 
 1.00 
 2.77 
AGEPX  0.15  0.09  0.11  1.49  0.00 
 0.39 
 1.36 
RYTFX  1.01  0.29  0.38  0.28  0.12 
 2.39 
 16.09 
NRIAX  0.22  0.08  0.06  0.67  0.00 
 0.50 
 1.25