Short Duration Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Strategic and Mid Cap Value is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Short Duration 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.

Short Duration Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Strategic and DJI is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Duration Strategic and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Short Duration Strategic. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.71TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.75TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.73TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.61TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.61TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.82TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.8TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.82NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

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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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TWCAXAMEIX
TWADXAMDVX
TWCCXAMEIX
TWCIXAMEIX
TWCAXTWCCX
  
High negative correlations   
TWCCXCDBCX
TWCIXCDBCX
CDBCXAMEIX
TWCAXCDBCX
CDBCXAMGIX
TWADXCDBCX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short Mutual Fund performing well and Short Duration 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 Short Duration'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
AMDVX  0.51  0.00 (0.04) 0.08  0.44 
 0.88 
 3.22 
AMEIX  0.57  0.02  0.01  0.10  0.71 
 1.13 
 3.88 
AMGIX  0.53  0.09  0.01 (3.32) 0.45 
 1.15 
 3.48 
CDBCX  0.23 (0.03) 0.00  0.56  0.00 
 0.43 
 1.28 
AMKIX  0.82  0.01 (0.07)(0.01) 1.02 
 1.51 
 4.82 
TWACX  0.08  0.00 (0.55) 0.00  0.09 
 0.11 
 0.78 
TWADX  0.48  0.00 (0.05) 0.08  0.40 
 0.95 
 2.91 
TWCCX  0.81  0.09  0.00 (0.68) 1.23 
 1.69 
 5.13 
TWCAX  0.74 (0.01)(0.01) 0.07  1.13 
 1.70 
 5.36 
TWCIX  0.75  0.08 (0.01)(0.72) 1.13 
 1.70 
 5.37