Applied Finance Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Applied Finance Explorer and Thrivent Small Cap is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Applied Finance Explorer and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Applied Finance Explorer and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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  0.99JECIX John Hancock VarPairCorr
  0.98DHLTX Diamond Hill AllPairCorr
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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.