Ultra Short-term Correlations

UUSIX Fund  USD 10.08  0.01  0.1%   
The current 90-days correlation between Ultra Short Term and Capital Growth Fund is 0.21 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Ultra Short-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.

Ultra Short-term Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Ultra Short Term Bond and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Ultra Short Term Bond and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Ultra Short Term 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 Ultra Mutual Fund

  0.95UICGX Capital GrowthPairCorr
  0.73UIEMX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96UIHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.95UIGIX Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.74UIGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.95UIGRX Growth Fund GrowthPairCorr
  0.74UIISX Income StockPairCorr
  0.98UISBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.93UISCX Small Cap StockPairCorr
  0.94UIVAX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.96UIWGX World GrowthPairCorr
  0.83URIBX Intermediate Term BondPairCorr
  0.67URGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.95URHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.94URNQX Nasdaq 100 IndexPairCorr
  0.7URSBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.98URUSX Ultra Short TermPairCorr
  0.95USPRX Sp 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.93UTMAX Target Managed AllocationPairCorr
  0.94UGOFX Global Managed VolatilityPairCorr
  0.94UIAGX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.99PTSPX Pimco Short TermPairCorr
  0.99PTSHX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.68PSFAX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.98PTSRX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.98PSDNX Putnam Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.98LUSNX Lord Abbett UltraPairCorr
  0.69VUBFX Vanguard Ultra ShortPairCorr
  1.0PSDRX Putnam Short DurationPairCorr
  0.74PSDYX Putnam Short DurationPairCorr
  0.65VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.65VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.65VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.66VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.66VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.7VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.7VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.7VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Ultra Mutual Fund performing well and Ultra Short-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 Ultra Short-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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
UICGX  0.54  0.22  0.10 (1.85) 0.33 
 1.51 
 3.34 
UIEMX  0.49  0.28  0.21 (4.84) 0.00 
 1.55 
 4.28 
UIHIX  0.15  0.08 (0.22)(1.46) 0.00 
 0.44 
 1.34 
UIIFX  0.49  0.18  0.05 (2.20) 0.41 
 1.24 
 3.04 
UIGIX  0.62  0.23  0.10 (1.84) 0.57 
 1.79 
 4.87 
UIGSX  0.23  0.02 (0.41)(1.88) 0.17 
 0.46 
 1.14 
UIGRX  0.85  0.19  0.20  0.32  0.66 
 2.49 
 5.60 
UIINX  0.22  0.02 (0.37) 4.48  0.17 
 0.53 
 1.15 
UIISX  0.59  0.20  0.06 (1.03) 0.44 
 1.54 
 4.46 
UIITX  0.24  0.02 (0.33) 1.48  0.18 
 0.44 
 1.21