Rational Defensive Correlations

HSUCX Fund  USD 32.70  0.08  0.25%   
The current 90-days correlation between Rational Defensive Growth and Rationalrgn Hedged Equity is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Rational Defensive 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.

Rational Defensive Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Rational Defensive Growth and DJI is -0.16 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Rational Defensive Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Rational Defensive Growth. 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 interest.

Moving together with Rational Mutual Fund

  1.0HSUAX Rational Defensive GrowthPairCorr
  0.9HSUTX Rational Defensive GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Rational Mutual Fund

  0.4RFXAX Rational Special SitPairCorr
  0.38RFXIX Rational Special SitPairCorr
  0.38RFXCX Rational Special SitPairCorr
  0.38HRSTX Rational Real StrategiesPairCorr
  0.38HRSFX Rational Real StrategiesPairCorr
  0.36HRSAX Rational Real StrategiesPairCorr
  0.33HDCAX Rational Dividend CapturePairCorr
  0.33HDCEX Rational Dividend CapturePairCorr
  0.33HDCTX Rational Dividend CapturePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Rational Mutual Fund performing well and Rational Defensive 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 Rational Defensive'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
RNECX  0.72  0.11  0.03 (1.09) 0.92 
 1.42 
 5.94 
RNEAX  0.73  0.12  0.03 (1.47) 0.89 
 1.50 
 5.91 
RNEIX  0.73  0.12  0.03 (1.35) 0.93 
 1.40 
 5.90 
RDMAX  0.61  0.16  0.11 (1.48) 0.51 
 1.34 
 3.67 
RDMIX  0.60  0.08  0.08  0.21  0.52 
 1.32 
 3.67 
RDMCX  0.61  0.08  0.07  0.20  0.55 
 1.36 
 3.64 
RFXIX  0.05  0.02 (0.87) 10.07  0.00 
 0.17 
 0.23 
RFXCX  0.05  0.02 (0.83) 2.65  0.00 
 0.11 
 0.28 
RFXAX  0.05  0.02 (0.86)(2.64) 0.00 
 0.11 
 0.23 
HRSTX  0.04  0.01 (0.78)(0.60) 0.00 
 0.12 
 0.35