Applied Finance Correlations

AFDVX Fund  USD 24.03  0.10  0.42%   
The current 90-days correlation between Applied Finance Explorer and Transamerica Smallmid Cap is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Applied Finance 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.

Applied Finance Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Applied Finance Explorer and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Applied Finance Explorer 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 Applied Finance Explorer. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Applied Mutual Fund

  0.99AFDZX Applied Finance ExplorerPairCorr
  0.8AFVZX Applied Finance SelectPairCorr
  0.92VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.85DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.75DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.61GAFRX Nationwide InvestorPairCorr
  0.68ZABDFX ZabdfxPairCorr

Moving against Applied Mutual Fund

  0.42XDSMX Dreyfus StrategicPairCorr
  0.39XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.42XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr
  0.31XEMFX Templeton EmergingPairCorr
  0.33FNYQX Franklin New YorkPairCorr

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

ARFVXAOGIX
TISVXCISMX
NBFCXPRESX
GTCSXAOGIX
PRESXARTQX
GTCSXPRESX
  

High negative correlations

PRESXTSVIX
NBFCXTSVIX
ARFVXTSVIX
AOGIXTSVIX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Applied Mutual Fund performing well and Applied Finance 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 Applied Finance'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
TSVIX  0.66  0.01 (0.03) 0.10  0.81 
 1.40 
 3.60 
CISMX  0.81 (0.11) 0.00 (0.06) 0.00 
 1.30 
 7.40 
ARTQX  0.74 (0.09) 0.00  2.61  0.00 
 1.30 
 7.40 
PRESX  0.80 (0.09) 0.00  0.45  0.00 
 1.26 
 12.25 
AOGIX  0.58 (0.10) 0.00 (2.12) 0.00 
 0.92 
 8.67 
ARFVX  0.64 (0.17) 0.00 (5.21) 0.00 
 0.85 
 13.32 
TISVX  0.63 (0.10) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.12 
 3.43 
PIEQX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.03  1.09 
 1.11 
 5.64 
NBFCX  0.73 (0.13) 0.00 (0.63) 0.00 
 1.05 
 10.45 
GTCSX  0.89 (0.06) 0.00 (0.82) 0.00 
 1.86 
 10.58