Short Duration Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Inflation and Scout Small Cap is -0.21 (i.e., Very good 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 Inflation and DJI is -0.17 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Duration Inflation 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 Short Duration Inflation. 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 state.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.63AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.66AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.66AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.84CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.71AMKIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.87TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.69TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.62TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.62TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.62TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.64TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.86TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.85TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.63AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.62AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.68TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.62AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.71TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.71TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.62TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.64TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.64TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.71TWMIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.64TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.7TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.72TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.71TWSCX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.66TWSAX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.68TWSMX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.62TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.88TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.69TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.62TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.62TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.88TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.72TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.74NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

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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.