Gold Bullion Correlations

QGLDX Fund  USD 32.03  0.34  1.07%   
The current 90-days correlation between Gold Bullion and Riskproreg Dynamic 20 30 is 0.26 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Gold Bullion 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.

Gold Bullion Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between The Gold Bullion 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 The Gold Bullion and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in The Gold Bullion. 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 consumer price index.

Moving together with Gold Mutual Fund

  0.67SUNBX Spectrum UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.68SFHYX Hundredfold SelectPairCorr
  0.62QALAX Quantified AlternativePairCorr
  0.64QALTX Quantified AlternativePairCorr
  0.68QSPMX Quantified PatternPairCorr
  0.95QGLCX Gold BullionPairCorr
  0.66GPBFX Gmo E PlusPairCorr
  0.66GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.82PQTAX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.82PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.87PQTIX Aa Pimco TrPairCorr
  0.7WARCX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr

Moving against Gold Mutual Fund

  0.62QFITX Quantified Tactical FixedPairCorr

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

POGSXHADUX
BUFMXHJSIX
HADUXPFJDX
FLOWXPFJDX
FMIEXHADUX
NELCXHADUX
  

High negative correlations

FMIEXBUFMX
FMIEXHJSIX
POGSXBUFMX
BUFMXHADUX
HJSIXHADUX
POGSXHJSIX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Gold Mutual Fund performing well and Gold Bullion 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 Gold Bullion'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
PFJDX  0.35 (0.02)(0.10) 0.07  0.47 
 0.72 
 2.25 
AVEWX  0.73 (0.11)(0.08) 0.00  1.11 
 1.37 
 4.29 
HADUX  0.43  0.01 (0.02) 0.11  0.57 
 0.97 
 2.86 
HJSIX  0.95 (0.27) 0.00 (0.27) 0.00 
 1.48 
 13.37 
FLOWX  0.60 (0.03)(0.07) 0.06  0.62 
 1.30 
 3.29 
BUFMX  0.83 (0.30) 0.00 (0.25) 0.00 
 1.17 
 11.28 
NELCX  0.43  0.03 (0.09) 1.44  0.62 
 0.89 
 2.82 
WHOSX  0.52 (0.04) 0.00 (1.27) 0.00 
 0.86 
 3.81 
FMIEX  0.42  0.07 (0.03) 0.75  0.35 
 0.90 
 2.31 
POGSX  0.60  0.03  0.02  0.13  0.59 
 1.47 
 3.49