Boston Partners Correlations

BPSCX Fund  USD 23.80  0.17  0.71%   
The current 90-days correlation between Boston Partners Small and Aggressive Investors 1 is -0.12 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Boston Partners 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.

Boston Partners Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Boston Partners Small and DJI is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Boston Partners Small 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 Boston Partners Small. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Boston Mutual Fund

  0.88BPAVX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.95BPIRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.99VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.99VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.91DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.92DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.89UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.89UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.89UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.98AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.95SMPIX Semiconductor Ultrasector Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.92SMPSX Semiconductor Ultrasector Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.79KNPYX Kinetics ParadigmPairCorr
  0.72WWNPX Kinetics ParadigmPairCorr
  0.7LSHUX Horizon Spin OffPairCorr
  0.79LSHEX Kinetics Spin OffPairCorr
  0.79KNPAX Kinetics ParadigmPairCorr
  0.7LSHAX Horizon Spin OffPairCorr
  0.61CIOIX Causeway InternationalPairCorr

Moving against Boston Mutual Fund

  0.61OPTCX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.96RYUCX Inverse Sp 500PairCorr
  0.83RYAIX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.62RGVFX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.61RUSIX Rbc Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.49PRIPX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.48QMNIX Aqr Equity MarketPairCorr
  0.44MXIOX Great West InflationPairCorr
  0.75TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.69CBOEX Intermediate BondPairCorr
  0.69DBLGX Doubleline Global BondPairCorr
  0.68SMNIX Crossmark Steward EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Boston Mutual Fund performing well and Boston Partners 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 Boston Partners' 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.