Consumer Staples Correlations

FDAGX Fund  USD 83.94  0.68  0.82%   
The current 90-days correlation between Consumer Staples Por and Pace International Equity is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Consumer Staples 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.

Consumer Staples Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Consumer Staples Portfolio and DJI is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Consumer Staples Portfolio 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 Consumer Staples Portfolio. 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 price.

Moving together with Consumer Mutual Fund

  0.62FPTKX Fidelity Freedom 2015PairCorr
  0.61FPUKX Fidelity PuritanPairCorr
  0.62FPXTX Fidelity PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.66FRASX Fidelity Income ReplPairCorr

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 Consumer Mutual Fund performing well and Consumer Staples 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 Consumer Staples' 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.