Short Duration Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Income and Ab High Income is 0.28 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Short Duration 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.

Short Duration Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Income 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 Short Duration Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

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  1.0WSHNX Short Duration IncomePairCorr
  0.92WBALX Balanced Fund BalancedPairCorr
  0.88WCPBX Core Plus IncomePairCorr
  0.87WCPNX Core Plus IncomePairCorr
  0.79WVAIX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.79WVALX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.95WNTFX Nebraska Tax FreePairCorr
  0.82WPOPX Partners Iii OpportunityPairCorr
  0.79WPVLX Partners ValuePairCorr
  0.86VBIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.86VFSUX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.96VFSIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.99VFSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.94VBITX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.91VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.97LALDX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.93VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.98LDLAX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.96LDLRX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.91SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.91SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.71EMO Clearbridge Energy MlpPairCorr
  0.89RSNYX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.89RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.89TDVFX Towle Deep ValuePairCorr
  0.83NILTX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr
  0.75PQUAX Pace Smallmedium GrowthPairCorr
  0.91TCLPX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.95HAHFX Hartford HighPairCorr
  0.91ORTFX Aquila Tax FreePairCorr
  0.93TCNHX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.83PFSZX Prudential FinancialPairCorr
  0.93JLDGX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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