Boston Partners Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Boston Partners All and Dreyfus Technology Growth is 0.66 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Boston Partners 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.

Boston Partners Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Boston Partners All Cap and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Boston Partners All Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Boston Mutual Fund

  0.71OPTCX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.75BPAIX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.72WPGSX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.74BPGSX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.87BPGIX Boston Partners GlobalPairCorr
  0.91BPIRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.91BPRRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.94FWWMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.94FWMMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.76AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.75WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.76WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.9VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.94RWMAX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.76CWMAX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.76RWMGX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.75CWMCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.71WASCX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.68OWLSX Old Westbury LargePairCorr
  0.68PAALX All Asset FundPairCorr
  0.68PDEGX Prudential Day OnePairCorr
  0.62SPXKX Sp 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.61PBDAX Investment Grade PoratePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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