FEDERATED SHORT-TERM Downside Deviation

FSTYX Fund  USD 8.50  -0.01  -0.12%   
Historical market data for Federated Short Term Income forms the basis of the Downside Deviation indicator shown here. The calculation draws on time-series market data across available periods. Review Investing Opportunities to understand diversified portfolio construction. Portfolio construction reflects how positions are combined across holdings. The holding in Federated Short Term Income represents an allocation. The weighting is determined by the allocation framework in use. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.
Federated Short Term Income has current Downside Deviation of 0.1526. Downside Deviation (or DD) is measured by target semi-deviation (the square root of target semi-variance) and is termed downside risk. It is expressed in percentages and therefore allows for rankings in the same way as standard deviation. An intuitive way to view the downside risk is the annualized standard deviation of returns below the target.

Downside Deviation

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SQRT(DV)

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0.1526
SQRT = Square root notation
DV =   Downside Variance of returns over selected period

Downside Deviation Peers Comparison

Downside Deviation Relative To Other Indicators

Federated Short Term Income is rated second in downside deviation among similar funds. It is currently under evaluation in maximum drawdown among similar funds reporting about 4.62 of Maximum Drawdown per Downside Deviation. At 4.62 , Federated Short Term Income's Maximum Drawdown-to-Downside Deviation multiple reflects the spread between these metrics
It is the square root of the probability-weighted squared below-target returns. The squaring of the below-target returns has the effect of penalizing failures at an exponential rate. This is consistent with observations made on the behavior of most private investors. Compare FEDERATED SHORT-TERM to Peers

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