Long-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Long Term Government and Rbc Money Market is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Long-term 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.

Long-term Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Long Term Government Fund and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Long Term Government Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Long Term Government Fund. 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 Long-term Mutual Fund

  1.0FTLTX Fidelity Series LongPairCorr
  1.0VLGSX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  1.0PRUUX Us Treasury LongPairCorr
  1.0PRULX Us Treasury LongPairCorr
  1.0TRZUX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9FSIWX Fidelity Sai IntermediatePairCorr
  1.0FNBGX Fidelity Long TermPairCorr
  1.0FBLTX Fidelity Sai LongPairCorr
  1.0VUSUX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  1.0VUSTX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.65FTCAX Templeton Strained BondPairCorr
  0.77GPICX Guidepath ConservativePairCorr
  0.92FPXIX Fidelity Advisor 529PairCorr
  0.69GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.61IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.71AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr

Moving against Long-term Mutual Fund

  0.73USPSX Profunds Ultrashort Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.72USPIX Profunds Ultrashort Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.39PDI Pimco Dynamic IncomePairCorr
  0.71VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.45PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.43BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.41DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.34HD Home DepotPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Long-term Mutual Fund performing well and Long-term 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 Long-term'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.