Tiaa-cref Lifecycle Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Tiaa Cref Lifecycle and Avantis Large Cap is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Tiaa-cref Lifecycle 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.

Tiaa-cref Lifecycle Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Tiaa Cref Lifecycle Index and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Tiaa Cref Lifecycle Index and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Tiaa-cref Mutual Fund

  0.76TEIHX Tiaa Cref EquityPairCorr
  0.66TEMLX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.67TEMHX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.66TEMVX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.67TEMSX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.67TEMPX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.64TENWX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.64TEQHX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.75TEQWX Tiaa Cref EquityPairCorr
  0.64TEQSX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.64TEQPX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  1.0TFITX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  1.0TFIRX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.8TFIHX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Tiaa-cref Mutual Fund performing well and Tiaa-cref Lifecycle 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 Tiaa-cref Lifecycle'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.