Tiaa Cref Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Tiaa Cref Lifecycle and Tiaa Cref Emerging Markets is 0.42 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Tiaa Cref 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 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 Mutual Fund

  0.87TEIHX Tiaa Cref EquityPairCorr
  0.62TEMLX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.63TEMHX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.64TEMSX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.65TEMPX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.87TEQWX Tiaa Cref EquityPairCorr
  1.0TFITX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.78TFIPX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  1.0TFIHX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.72TFTIX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.61TGRNX Tiaa Cref GreenPairCorr
  0.63TGRMX Tiaa Cref GreenPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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