Total Return Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Total Return Bond and Franklin Government Securities is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Total Return 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.

Total Return Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Total Return Bond and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Total Return Bond and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Total Return Bond. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Total Mutual Fund

  0.71SADIX Wells Fargo UltraPairCorr
  0.71SSHIX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.83SSTVX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.72WSBIX Short Term MunicipalPairCorr
  0.61WARAX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.62WARDX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.92WSGIX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.82WSIAX Wells Fargo StrategicPairCorr
  0.83WSICX Wells Fargo StrategicPairCorr
  0.83WSINX Wells Fargo StrategicPairCorr
  0.71WSMAX Short Term MunicipalPairCorr
  0.72WSSCX Short Term MunicipalPairCorr
  0.72STRIX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.97STYAX Wells Fargo IncomePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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