Selected American Correlations

SLASX Fund  USD 37.83  0.22  0.58%   
The current 90-days correlation between Selected American Shares and Marsico Focus Fund is 0.32 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Selected American 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.

Selected American Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Selected American Shares and DJI is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Selected American Shares and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Selected Mutual Fund

  1.0SLADX Selected American SharesPairCorr
  0.61SLSSX Selected InternationalPairCorr
  0.62SLSDX Selected InternationalPairCorr
  0.81VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.9DOXGX Dodge Cox StockPairCorr
  0.89AFMFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89FFMMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.89FFFMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.89AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.88AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.88AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.9DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.81VIVAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr

Moving against Selected Mutual Fund

  0.410P0001GXZ7 Oaktree IiiPairCorr
  0.33SCIOX Columbia SeligmanPairCorr
  0.32PIEMX Equity IncomePairCorr

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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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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Selected Mutual Fund performing well and Selected American 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 Selected American'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.