International Fund Correlations

UIIFX Fund  USD 31.28  0.10  0.32%   
The current 90-days correlation between International Fund and Capital Growth Fund is 0.98 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of International Fund 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.

International Fund Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between International Fund Internation and DJI is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding International Fund Internation and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with International Mutual Fund

  1.0UICGX Capital GrowthPairCorr
  0.93UIEMX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.82UIHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.99UIGIX Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.99UIISX Income StockPairCorr
  0.81UIPMX Precious Metals AndPairCorr
  0.74UISBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.96UISCX Small Cap StockPairCorr
  0.99UIVAX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  1.0UIWGX World GrowthPairCorr
  0.83URHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.74URNQX Nasdaq 100 IndexPairCorr
  0.77URSBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.76URUSX Ultra Short TermPairCorr
  0.93USPRX Sp 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.95UTMAX Target Managed AllocationPairCorr
  0.77UUSIX Ultra Short TermPairCorr
  0.96UGOFX Global Managed VolatilityPairCorr
  0.85VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.84VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.85VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.85VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.82VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.9VTMGX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.9VDVIX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.9VTMNX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.9VDIPX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.87FSPSX Fidelity InternationalPairCorr
  0.8PMPIX Precious Metals Ultr Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.8PMPSX Precious Metals Ultr Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.77FGPMX Franklin Gold AndPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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