Poplar Forest Correlations

IPFPX Fund  USD 57.38  0.13  0.23%   
The current 90-days correlation between Poplar Forest Partners and Haverford Quality Growth is 0.56 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Poplar Forest 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.

Poplar Forest Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Poplar Forest Partners and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Poplar Forest Partners and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Poplar Forest Partners. 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 producer price index.

Moving together with Poplar Mutual Fund

  1.0PFPFX Poplar Forest PartnersPairCorr
  0.98IPFCX Poplar Forest NerstonePairCorr
  0.81VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.7RYMEX Commodities StrategyPairCorr
  0.7RYMJX Commodities StrategyPairCorr
  0.71RYMBX Commodities StrategyPairCorr
  0.85BRUFX Bruce Fund BrucePairCorr
  0.69SPGSX State Street PremierPairCorr
  0.64KF Korea ClosedPairCorr
  0.81CMCMX Conestoga Micro CapPairCorr
  0.74VMPRX Wells Fargo StrategicPairCorr
  0.77MLORX Cohen Steers MlpPairCorr
  0.76HIPRX The Hartford InflationPairCorr
  0.85MSGZX Massmutual Select SmallPairCorr
  0.85JHIKX Multi Index 2060PairCorr
  0.86SIRJX Sierra E RetirementPairCorr
  0.8LPDAX Blackrock LifepathPairCorr
  0.65XRGTX Royce Global ValuePairCorr
  0.83TLWPX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.69DLGBX Doubleline Global BondPairCorr
  0.76WRPRX Wells Fargo AlternativePairCorr
  0.84SNOIX Snow Capital OpportunityPairCorr
  0.7BIIGX Buffalo GrowthPairCorr
  0.82NQGAX Nuveen Nwq GlobalPairCorr
  0.86VWINX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.74CMJAX Calvert Mid CapPairCorr
  0.86NTBIX Navigator Tactical FixedPairCorr
  0.86FIHLX Federated InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.75NHMFX Nuveen High YieldPairCorr
  0.8DRIGX Dimensional 2035 TargetPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Poplar Mutual Fund performing well and Poplar Forest 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 Poplar Forest'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
HAVGX  0.40  0.00 (0.09) 0.12  0.41 
 1.04 
 3.26 
MHN  0.47  0.11 (0.02)(6.29) 0.30 
 1.16 
 3.58 
ARDC  0.42 (0.06) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 0.88 
 2.47 
RFI  0.46 (0.07) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 0.94 
 3.23 
MXXVX  0.77  0.14 (0.01)(0.56) 0.98 
 1.87 
 6.64 
GBFAX  0.68  0.16  0.04  71.78  0.80 
 1.61 
 4.88 
FICNX  0.11  0.04 (0.64)(7.60) 0.00 
 0.27 
 0.65 
NPCT  0.40  0.01 (0.28) 0.05  0.44 
 0.66 
 2.81 
ODMCX  0.77 (0.19) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 1.74 
 5.20 
LBGIX  0.73 (0.11)(0.10) 0.03  0.87 
 1.21 
 5.06