Precious Metals Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Precious Metals and Columbia Diversified Equity is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Precious Metals 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.

Precious Metals Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Precious Metals Fund and DJI is 0.15 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Precious Metals Fund 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 Precious Metals Fund. 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 state.

Moving together with Precious Mutual Fund

  0.86RYBCX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.86RYBAX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.66RYBKX Banking Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.86RYBMX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.86RYBIX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.81RYAKX Russell 2000 15xPairCorr
  0.67RYAHX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.69RYAUX Utilities Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.75RYATX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.78RYANX Nova Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.83RYAZX Sp Smallcap 600PairCorr
  0.72RYDHX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.66RYDCX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.71RYDKX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.85RYCFX Biotechnology Fund Class Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.71RYCHX Technology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.73RYCCX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.71RYCNX Transportation Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.83RYCMX Russell 2000 15xPairCorr

Moving against Precious Mutual Fund

  0.8RYAFX Inverse Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.73RYAIX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.71RYACX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.71RYALX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.61RYAGX Inverse Mid CapPairCorr
  0.75RYARX Inverse Sp 500PairCorr
  0.71RYAPX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.76RYCBX Inverse Sp 500PairCorr
  0.72RYCDX Rydex Inverse NasdaqPairCorr
  0.68RYCWX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr
  0.41RYCLX Inverse Mid CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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