Federated International Correlations

IVFIX Fund  USD 4.46  0.04  0.90%   
The current 90-days correlation between Federated International and Artisan Emerging Markets is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Federated International 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 International Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Federated International Strate and DJI is 0.36 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Federated International Strate 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 Federated International Strategic. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Federated Mutual Fund

  0.64DOXFX Dodge Cox InternationalPairCorr
  0.64DODFX Dodge International StockPairCorr
  0.65FINVX Fidelity Series IntePairCorr
  0.68VTRIX Vanguard InternationalPairCorr
  0.66RRIGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.74KO Coca Cola Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.65CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.75MRK Merck Company Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.71MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr
  0.61JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.73DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr

Moving against Federated Mutual Fund

  0.6HPQ HP Inc Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.48BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.38PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.32VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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