Calvert Long-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Calvert Long Term and Manning Napier Diversified is 0.53 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Calvert Long-term 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.

Calvert Long-term Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Calvert Long Term Income and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Calvert Long Term Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Calvert Mutual Fund

  0.99VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VBMFX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VTBSX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0VTBIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0VTBNX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0FBOFX American FundsPairCorr
  1.0FFBOX American FundsPairCorr
  1.0BFAFX Bond FundPairCorr
  1.0ABNDX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.88XDSMX Dreyfus StrategicPairCorr
  0.89XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.82NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.84XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr
  0.88FPXIX Fidelity Advisor 529PairCorr
  0.79GPICX Guidepath ConservativePairCorr
  0.61INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.65WMT WalmartPairCorr
  0.62CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.7AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr

Moving against Calvert Mutual Fund

  0.54PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.32CIF Mfs Intermediate HighPairCorr
  0.7VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.61T ATT IncPairCorr
  0.46PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.41HD Home DepotPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Calvert Mutual Fund performing well and Calvert Long-term 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 Calvert Long-term'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.