Rational Defensive Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Rational Defensive Growth and Rational Dividend Capture is 0.86 (i.e., Very 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Rational Defensive Growth and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor 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 estimate.

Moving together with Rational Mutual Fund

  0.97RNECX Rationalrgn Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.97RNEAX Rationalrgn Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.97RNEIX Rationalrgn Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.94RDMAX Rational Dynamic MomentumPairCorr
  0.94RDMIX Rational Dynamic MomentumPairCorr
  0.94RDMCX Rational Dynamic MomentumPairCorr
  0.84RFXIX Rational Special SitPairCorr
  0.83RFXCX Rational Special SitPairCorr
  0.83RFXAX Rational Special SitPairCorr
  0.9HRSTX Rational Real StrategiesPairCorr
  0.9HRSAX Rational Real StrategiesPairCorr
  0.91HRSFX Rational Real StrategiesPairCorr
  0.98RHSAX Rational StrategicPairCorr
  0.98RHSIX Rational StrategicPairCorr
  0.98RHSCX Rational StrategicPairCorr
  1.0HSUAX Rational Defensive GrowthPairCorr
  1.0HSUCX Rational Defensive GrowthPairCorr
  0.98HBAFX Rational StrategicPairCorr
  0.97HDCAX Rational Dividend CapturePairCorr
  0.97HDCEX Rational Dividend CapturePairCorr
  0.97HDCTX Rational Dividend CapturePairCorr
  0.94PBXIX Rationalpier 88 ConvPairCorr
  0.93PBXCX Rationalpier 88 ConvPairCorr
  0.97FAFGX American FundsPairCorr
  0.97FFAFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.98GFACX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.98GFAFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.98AGTHX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.97CGFFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.98CGFCX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.98CGFAX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.98CGFEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.98RGAEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.71GAAKX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.7GAAGX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.64GPBFX Gmo E PlusPairCorr

Moving against Rational Mutual Fund

  0.51GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr

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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.