Morningstar Municipal Correlations

MSTPX Fund  USD 9.75  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Morningstar Municipal and Western Asset Municipal is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Morningstar Municipal 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.

Morningstar Municipal Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Morningstar Municipal Bond and DJI is -0.15 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Morningstar Municipal 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 Morningstar Municipal 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 american community survey.

Moving together with Morningstar Mutual Fund

  0.63MSTRX Morningstar Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.97VWITX Vanguard IntermediatePairCorr
  0.97VWIUX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.99AFTEX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99AFTFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99TFEBX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.77FLTMX Fidelity IntermediatePairCorr
  0.98MDNLX Blackrock NationalPairCorr
  0.98MFNLX Blackrock Natl MuniPairCorr
  0.65VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Morningstar Mutual Fund performing well and Morningstar Municipal 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 Morningstar Municipal'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.