Dfa - Correlations

DUSLX Fund  USD 42.30  0.84  1.95%   
The current 90-days correlation between Dfa Large and Dfa Intl Sustainability is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Dfa - 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.

Dfa - Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dfa Large and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dfa Large and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Dfa Large. 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 industry.

Moving together with Dfa Mutual Fund

  0.64DILRX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.63DISMX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.66DSCGX Dfa SmallPairCorr
  0.87DURPX Us High RelativePairCorr
  0.65DUSQX Us Lg CapPairCorr
  0.73DEMSX Emerging Markets SmallPairCorr
  0.65DESIX Emerging Markets SusPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dfa Mutual Fund performing well and Dfa - 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 Dfa -'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
DFSPX  0.54  0.05  0.03  0.16  0.49 
 1.17 
 2.63 
SWLGX  0.67 (0.06)(0.07) 0.02  0.97 
 1.35 
 4.38 
TSWIX  0.61  0.16  0.19  0.34  0.32 
 1.42 
 4.54 
MISAX  0.55  0.09  0.08  0.23  0.49 
 1.15 
 3.06 
DEMSX  0.44  0.02 (0.06) 0.15  0.51 
 1.00 
 3.13 
FSMEX  0.76  0.14  0.11  0.35  0.61 
 1.83 
 5.81 
FSANX  0.35  0.02 (0.06) 0.12  0.32 
 0.77 
 2.07 
CRANX  0.11  0.00 (0.55) 0.04  0.05 
 0.21 
 0.52 
BXMYX  0.16  0.03 (0.27) 0.32  0.00 
 0.37 
 0.75 
AADEX  0.56  0.01 (0.01) 0.10  0.54 
 1.18 
 3.20