Commodities Strategy Correlations

RYMEX Fund  USD 170.40  0.55  0.32%   
The current 90-days correlation between Commodities Strategy and American Beacon Small is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Commodities Strategy 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.

Commodities Strategy Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Commodities Strategy Fund and DJI is 0.68 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Commodities Strategy Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Commodities Mutual Fund

  0.8RYBCX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.82RYBAX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.65RYBKX Banking Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.85RYBMX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.83RYBHX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.83RYBIX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.61RYBOX Biotechnology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.75RYAKX Russell 2000 15xPairCorr
  0.88RYAEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.84RYAHX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.64RYAUX Utilities Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.84RYAZX Sp Smallcap 600PairCorr
  0.74RYAWX Sp 500 PurePairCorr
  0.8RYAVX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.69RYDHX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.84RYDCX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.68RYDKX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.93RYEAX Energy Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.93RYECX Energy Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.88RYCEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.71RYCAX Consumer ProductsPairCorr
  0.64RYCNX Transportation Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.76RYCMX Russell 2000 15xPairCorr

Moving against Commodities Mutual Fund

  0.84RYAGX Inverse Mid CapPairCorr
  0.75RYAFX Inverse Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.84RYCLX Inverse Mid CapPairCorr
  0.66RYCWX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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