Balanced Fund Correlations

WBALX Fund  USD 16.93  0.01  0.06%   
The current 90-days correlation between Balanced Fund Balanced and Value Fund Value is 0.69 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Balanced Fund 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.

Balanced Fund Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Balanced Fund Balanced and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Balanced Fund Balanced and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Balanced Mutual Fund

  0.91SAFEX Weitz Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.91WSHNX Short Duration IncomePairCorr
  0.87WBAIX Weitz BalancedPairCorr
  0.79WCPBX Core Plus IncomePairCorr
  0.79WCPNX Core Plus IncomePairCorr
  0.87WVAIX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.88WVALX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.92WEFIX Short Duration IncomePairCorr
  0.95WNTFX Nebraska Tax FreePairCorr
  0.88WPOIX Partners Iii OpportunityPairCorr
  0.9WPOPX Partners Iii OpportunityPairCorr
  0.86WPVLX Partners ValuePairCorr
  0.87WPVIX Partners ValuePairCorr
  0.97VWINX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.95VWIAX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.95BKMIX Blackrock Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.95HBLTX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.97HBLRX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.97HBLSX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.97HBLVX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.97HBLYX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.97HBLCX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.95HBLIX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.61FRGOX Franklin Gold PreciousPairCorr
  0.94CLEYX Columbia Select LargePairCorr
  0.95VWEHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.88PHK Pimco High IncomePairCorr
  0.92CRIYX Columbia Porate IncomePairCorr
  0.9NSVAX Columbia Small CapPairCorr
  0.95NEEIX Needham GrowthPairCorr
  0.95JANBX Janus BalancedPairCorr
  0.94VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.93CLFFX Clifford Capital PartnersPairCorr
  0.92DGAGX Dreyfus AppreciationPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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