Bond Fund Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Bond Fund Investor and Redwood Real Estate is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Bond Fund 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.

Bond Fund Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Bond Fund Investor and DJI is -0.08 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Bond Fund Investor 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 Bond Fund Investor. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Bond Mutual Fund

  0.99VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VBMFX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VTBSX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VTBIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VTBNX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99FBOFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.99FFBOX American FundsPairCorr
  0.99BFAFX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.99ABNDX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.92XDSMX Dreyfus StrategicPairCorr
  0.92XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.85NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.88XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr
  0.91FPXIX Fidelity Advisor 529PairCorr
  0.83GPICX Guidepath ConservativePairCorr
  0.64INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.76WMT WalmartPairCorr
  0.67CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.71GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.72AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr

Moving against Bond Mutual Fund

  0.54PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.32CIF Mfs Intermediate HighPairCorr
  0.72VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.64T ATT IncPairCorr
  0.5PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.44HD Home DepotPairCorr

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 Bond Mutual Fund performing well and Bond Fund 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 Bond Fund'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.