Short-term Bond Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Bond and Omni Small Cap Value is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Short-term Bond 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.

Short-term Bond Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Short Term Bond Fund and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Bond Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.84UICGX Capital GrowthPairCorr
  0.72UIEMX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.83UIHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.78UIIFX International FundPairCorr
  0.79UIGIX Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.69UIGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.75UIGRX Growth Fund GrowthPairCorr
  0.96UIINX Income Fund IncomePairCorr
  0.73UIISX Income StockPairCorr
  0.65UIITX Intermediate Term BondPairCorr
  0.69UIPMX Precious Metals And Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.8UISCX Small Cap StockPairCorr
  0.64UIVAX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.97URIBX Intermediate Term BondPairCorr
  0.68URGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.9URSBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.61URUSX Ultra Short TermPairCorr
  0.78USPRX Sp 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.8UTMAX Target Managed AllocationPairCorr
  0.8UGOFX Global Managed VolatilityPairCorr
  0.87UIAGX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.83VBIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.81VFSUX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.99VFSIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.99VFSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.9VBITX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.99VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.9LALDX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.97VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.9LDLAX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.98LDLRX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.88HLDIX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.87HLDAX Hartford EmergingPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short-term Mutual Fund performing well and Short-term Bond 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 Short-term Bond'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.