First Investors Correlations

FTORX Fund  USD 11.81  0.02  0.17%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Investors Tax and Scout E Bond is 0.51 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of First Investors 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.

First Investors Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between First Investors Tax and DJI is -0.31 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Investors Tax and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Investors Tax. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with FIRST Mutual Fund

  0.65OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.76IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  0.69WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.72OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.65OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.99CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.61WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  1.0FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  1.0FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.83DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.83DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.83DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.83DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.65IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  1.0DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  1.0DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  1.0DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  1.0VAZIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.81IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.72OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  1.0VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between FIRST Mutual Fund performing well and First Investors 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 First Investors' 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.