Bond Fund Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Bond Fund Class and Federated Government Income is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Bond 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.

Bond Fund Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Bond Fund Class and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Bond Fund Class and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Bond Fund Class. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Bond Mutual Fund

  0.72APBDX Bond Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.66APENX Strategic Enhanced YieldPairCorr
  0.61AAENX Strategic Enhanced YieldPairCorr
  0.65AIBNX Bond Fund InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.67AIENX Strategic Enhanced YieldPairCorr
  0.95VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.64VBMFX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.64VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.67VTBIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.94VTBNX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.92BFAFX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.61ABNDX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.96BFACX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.92FBOFX American FundsPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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 Bond Mutual Fund performing well and Bond 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 Bond 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.