Intermediate Term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Intermediate Term Bond and Aqr Tm Emerging is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Intermediate 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.

Intermediate Term Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Intermediate Term Bond Fund and DJI is -0.02 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Intermediate Term Bond Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Intermediate Mutual Fund

  0.75UICGX Capital GrowthPairCorr
  0.75UIEMX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.8UIHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.73UIIFX International FundPairCorr
  0.75UIGIX Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.98UIGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.72UIGRX Growth Fund GrowthPairCorr
  0.9UIINX Income Fund IncomePairCorr
  0.76UIISX Income StockPairCorr
  1.0UIITX Intermediate Term BondPairCorr
  0.91UISBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.73UISCX Small Cap StockPairCorr
  0.76UIVAX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.75UIWGX World GrowthPairCorr
  0.91URIFX Income Fund IncomePairCorr
  0.89URGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.79URHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.72URNQX Nasdaq 100 IndexPairCorr
  0.9URSBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.84URUSX Ultra Short TermPairCorr
  0.74USPRX Sp 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.72UTMAX Target Managed AllocationPairCorr
  0.79UUSIX Ultra Short TermPairCorr
  0.72UGOFX Global Managed VolatilityPairCorr
  0.72UIAGX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.88MWTNX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr
  0.89MWTSX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr
  0.91PTTPX Pimco Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.9PTRRX Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.9PTRAX Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.91PTTRX Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.92FIWGX Strategic AdvisersPairCorr
  0.99DODIX Dodge IncomePairCorr
  0.89MWTIX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr
  0.98MWTRX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Intermediate Mutual Fund performing well and Intermediate 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 Intermediate 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.