Basic Materials Correlations

RYBIX Fund  USD 92.01  0.19  0.21%   
The current 90-days correlation between Basic Materials and Energy Fund Investor is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Basic Materials 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.

Basic Materials Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Basic Materials Fund and DJI is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Basic Materials Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Basic Mutual Fund

  1.0RYBCX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.89RYBKX Banking Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.67RYBHX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.92RYBOX Biotechnology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.9RYAHX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.86RYATX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.94RYAZX Sp Smallcap 600PairCorr
  0.75RYAWX Sp 500 PurePairCorr
  0.72RYAVX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.84RYEAX Energy Fund Class Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.84RYECX Energy Fund Class Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.92RYCFX Biotechnology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.85RYCCX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.94RYCNX Transportation Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.86RYCOX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.96RYCVX Dow 2x StrategyPairCorr
  0.96RYCYX Dow 2x StrategyPairCorr
  0.91RYCRX Real Estate FundPairCorr
  0.97RYCSX TelecommunicationsPairCorr
  0.84RYFNX Financial ServicesPairCorr
  0.84RYFIX Financial ServicesPairCorr
  0.84RYEIX Energy Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.84RYENX Energy Fund Class Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.86RYHOX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.92RYHRX Real Estate FundPairCorr
  0.86RYHAX Health Care FundPairCorr
  0.95RYHGX High Yield StrategyPairCorr
  0.86RYHIX Health Care FundPairCorr
  0.95RYHDX High Yield StrategyPairCorr
  0.85RYHCX Health Care FundPairCorr

Moving against Basic Mutual Fund

  0.92RYARX Inverse Sp 500PairCorr
  0.85RYACX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.84RYAIX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.66RYAQX Inverse Government LongPairCorr
  0.96RYCWX Inverse Dow 2x Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.66RYCPX Consumer ProductsPairCorr
  0.64RYCAX Consumer ProductsPairCorr
  0.94RYIHX Inverse High YieldPairCorr
  0.94RYIYX Inverse High YieldPairCorr
  0.65RYJUX Inverse Government LongPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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