Defensive Market Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Defensive Market Str and Aam Select Income is 0.26 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Defensive Market 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.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Defensive Market Strategies. 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 nation.

Moving together with Defensive Mutual Fund

  0.76GCOZX Growth AllocationPairCorr
  1.0GDMYX Defensive Market StrPairCorr
  0.93GVEYX Value Equity InstituPairCorr
  0.73GVEZX Value Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.71GVIYX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.93GVIZX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.93GEIYX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.76GEIZX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.91GEMYX Emerging Markets EquityPairCorr
  0.77GEMZX Emerging Markets EquityPairCorr
  0.78GEQZX Equity Index InvestorPairCorr
  0.69GFIZX Conservative AllocationPairCorr
  0.67GFSYX Strategic AlternativesPairCorr
  0.61GGEYX Guidestone Fds GrowthPairCorr
  0.68GGIZX Balanced AllocationPairCorr
  0.68GGRYX Growth AllocationPairCorr
  0.65GIIYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.65GLDYX Low Duration BondPairCorr
  0.72GMDYX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.71GMFZX Mydestination 2045PairCorr
  0.72GMHYX Mydestination 2035PairCorr
  0.8GMHZX Mydestination 2035PairCorr
  0.71GMGYX Mydestination 2055PairCorr
  0.71GMGZX Mydestination 2055PairCorr
  0.72GMTZX Mydestination 2015PairCorr
  0.8GMWYX Mydestination 2025PairCorr
  0.71GMYYX Mydestination 2045PairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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