Applied Finance Correlations

AFALX Fund  USD 12.01  0.25  2.13%   
The current 90-days correlation between Applied Finance Core and Cullen Value Fund is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Applied Finance 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.

Applied Finance Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Applied Finance Core and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Applied Finance Core and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Applied Finance Core. 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 bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with Applied Mutual Fund

  1.0AFAZX Applied Finance CorePairCorr
  0.61AFDVX Applied Finance ExplorerPairCorr
  0.61AFDZX Applied Finance ExplorerPairCorr
  0.64OSPPX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.63SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.64MLPNX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.64MLPLX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.64SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr

Moving against Applied Mutual Fund

  0.49RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.42SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.42SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.55GWMZX Amg Gwk MunicipalPairCorr
  0.49RSNYX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.49RGNCX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.49VUSUX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.48MSDOX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.47FEHCX First Eagle HighPairCorr
  0.43PJNQX Jennison Natural ResPairCorr
  0.39BIMPX Blackrock ModeratePairCorr
  0.38FESOX First Eagle OverseasPairCorr
  0.37REGEX American Funds EmergingPairCorr
  0.35TPILX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.34JSNIX Jhancock Short DurationPairCorr
  0.32WGIFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.53ONJYX Oppenheimer Roc NewPairCorr
  0.47NVG Nuveen Amt FreePairCorr

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

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Applied Mutual Fund performing well and Applied Finance 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 Applied Finance'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
CVLEX  0.52  0.00 (0.02) 0.04  0.66 
 0.99 
 3.41 
RSJN  0.34 (0.03)(0.10)(0.01) 0.45 
 0.78 
 2.56 
PCIG  0.81 (0.13) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 1.42 
 4.74 
MGPIX  0.78 (0.05)(0.04) 0.00  1.02 
 1.74 
 5.05 
LPRE  0.70 (0.04) 0.00 (0.01) 0.00 
 1.73 
 5.12 
GTTMX  0.75 (0.01)(0.01) 0.03  0.96 
 1.33 
 5.32 
RYUIX  0.57  0.04  0.02  0.14  0.65 
 1.17 
 2.87 
ADVGX  0.89 (0.16) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.85 
 6.42 
DIVE  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
TGFRX  1.46  0.21  0.12  0.19  1.74 
 3.46 
 11.73