Federated Total Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Federated Total Return and Great West Loomis Sayles is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Federated Total 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.

Federated Total Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Federated Total Return and DJI is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Federated Total Return and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Federated Total Return. 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 census.

Moving together with Federated Mutual Fund

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  0.84STFSX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.75STIAX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.7STILX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.8STISX Federated StrategicPairCorr
  0.65FRSAX Federated Floating RatePairCorr
  0.65FSBCX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.65FSBKX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.65FSBLX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.94FSGVX Federated U SPairCorr
  0.73FSHIX Federated Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.95FSGIX Federated Gov SecPairCorr
  0.9INISX Federated IntermediatePairCorr
  0.72FSHSX Federated Short IntePairCorr
  0.87FSILX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.87FSTIX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.86FSTYX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.63FSTBX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.68SVALX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.86FTIAX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.96FTGLX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.95FTGSX Federated Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.67SVAAX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.67SVACX Federated Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.9RRFAX Federated Real ReturnPairCorr
  0.88RRFCX Federated Real ReturnPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Federated Mutual Fund performing well and Federated Total 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 Federated Total'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.