Transportation Fund Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Transportation Fund Class and Msift High Yield is 0.59 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Transportation Fund 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.

Transportation Fund Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Transportation Fund Class and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Transportation Fund Class and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Transportation Mutual Fund

  0.63RYBCX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.66RYBAX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.66RYBKX Banking Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.61RYBMX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.84RYBHX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.67RYBIX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.74RYAHX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.74RYANX Nova Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.83RYAZX Sp Smallcap 600PairCorr
  0.74RYAVX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.8RYDHX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.66RYDCX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.75RYDKX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.65RYCEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.61RYCMX Russell 2000 15xPairCorr

Moving against Transportation Mutual Fund

  0.74RYAFX Inverse Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.65RYARX Inverse Sp 500PairCorr
  0.63RYACX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.63RYALX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.63RYAGX Inverse Mid CapPairCorr
  0.54RYAIX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.53RYAPX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.38RYAUX Utilities Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.76RYCQX Inverse Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.63RYCWX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr
  0.59RYCZX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr
  0.58RYCBX Inverse Sp 500PairCorr
  0.49RYCDX Rydex Inverse NasdaqPairCorr
  0.38RYCUX Utilities Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.34RYCGX Government Long BondPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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