Ultra Short-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Ultra Short Term and Transamerica Asset Allocation is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Ultra Short-term 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.

Ultra Short-term Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Ultra Short Term Bond and DJI is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Ultra Short Term Bond and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Ultra Short Term Bond. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Ultra Mutual Fund

  0.93VUBFX Vanguard Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.62VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.62VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.64VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.68VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.69VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.69VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.69VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.7VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.69VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.62VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.74FPXIX Fidelity Advisor 529PairCorr
  0.89GPICX Guidepath ConservativePairCorr
  0.8CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.73DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.71GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.67AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.67INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.7CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr

Moving against Ultra Mutual Fund

  0.72VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.6HPQ HP Inc Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.75BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.75HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.71PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.56CVX Chevron Corp Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.33MCD McDonaldsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Ultra Mutual Fund performing well and Ultra Short-term 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 Ultra Short-term'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.