Inflation-protected Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Inflation Protected and Guggenheim Managed Futures is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Inflation-protected 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.

Inflation-protected Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Inflation Protected Bond Fund and DJI is 0.65 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Inflation Protected Bond Fund 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 Inflation Protected Bond Fund. 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 nation.

Moving together with Inflation-protected Mutual Fund

  0.79DHICX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.78VMPAX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.62SADAX Wells Fargo UltraPairCorr
  0.69SADIX Wells Fargo UltraPairCorr
  0.87EMGNX Wells Fargo EmergingPairCorr
  0.66EMGCX Wells Fargo EmergingPairCorr
  0.87EMGAX Wells Fargo EmergingPairCorr
  0.8SSHIX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.98WABIX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.62SSTHX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.79SSTVX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.71WSCOX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.99WARAX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.99WARCX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.64WSGIX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.82WSIAX Wells Fargo StrategicPairCorr
  0.67WSICX Wells Fargo StrategicPairCorr
  0.76WSINX Wells Fargo StrategicPairCorr
  0.68STYAX Wells Fargo IncomePairCorr
  0.82SCTAX California Tax FreePairCorr
  0.83SCTCX California Tax FreePairCorr
  0.9WCAFX Wealthbuilder ConservativePairCorr
  0.96WCCFX Wealthbuilder ConservativePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Inflation-protected Mutual Fund performing well and Inflation-protected 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 Inflation-protected'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.