Calvert Floating Rate Advantage Fund Volatility

CFORX Fund  USD 8.57  -0.01  -0.12%   
Calvert Floating Rate Advantage exhibits relatively low price volatility over the last 3 months. Calvert Floating Rate Advantage indicates a Sharpe ratio of 5.0E-4, indicating measured return efficiency over the last 3 months. The current market-risk setup reflects 27 technical indicators.

Sharpe Ratio = 5.0E-4

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Latest disclosures for Calvert Floating Rate Advantage show a Market Risk Adjusted Performance of -2.0%, a Risk of 0.11, and a Risk Adjusted Performance of -0.1%. Based on monthly moving average, Calvert Floating-Rate is not realizing its theoretical return maximum. A well-diversified portfolio allocation can reduce market risk and improve total performance. A broader portfolio context transforms Calvert Floating-Rate risk characteristics through diversification benefits. This moving average data helps calibrate Calvert Floating-Rate position within a diversified allocation.
Key indicators related to Calvert Floating-Rate's volatility include:
90 Days Market Risk
Chance Of Distress
90 Days Economic Sensitivity
Comparing Calvert Floating-Rate's current volatility against its historical average surfaces whether Calvert Floating-Rate is in a period of elevated risk. Together these measures provide a comprehensive view of Calvert Floating-Rate's risk profile. Managing volatility risk for Calvert Floating-Rate positions requires understanding whether elevated volatility is fundamental or sentiment-driven. A sudden spike in Calvert Floating-Rate volatility can signal increased uncertainty and potential for larger price swings.
  

Volatility Strategy

Calvert Floating Rate Advantage return swings may impact long-term portfolio variance. Current statistical measures show total volatility near 0.11% with a beta coefficient of 0.005, indicating sensitivity relative to the broader market benchmark. Risk-adjusted efficiency, represented by a Sharpe ratio of 5.0E-4, evaluates return per unit of total risk. An alpha value of -0.0096 reflects performance relative to systematic market exposure. Expected return estimates near 1.0E-4% are derived from historical distribution modeling and help frame forward-looking return assumptions within a portfolio context. Volatility effects depend on underlying market structure and exposure characteristics.

Main indicators related to Calvert Floating-Rate's market risk premium analysis include:

 Beta
0.005
 Alpha
-0.01
 Risk
0.11
 Sharpe Ratio
0.0005
 Expected Return
0.0001

Moving together with Calvert Mutual Fund

  0.79OOSYX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.79OOSIX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.75LFRIX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.75LARCX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.76LFRRX Lord Abbett InvPairCorr
  0.76LFRFX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.76LRRRX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.74LRRTX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.74LRRVX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.76LRRKX Floating RatePairCorr

Moving against Calvert Mutual Fund

  0.53AMFAX Asg Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.45KF Korea ClosedPairCorr
  0.42BRUFX Bruce Fund BrucePairCorr

Sensitivity To Market

Calvert Floating-Rate demonstrates a beta of 0.005, indicating market-linked volatility exposure. Regression slope interpretation supports this systematic risk estimate. Total volatility measures approximately 0.11%.Calvert Floating Rate Advantage volatility can be described using downside deviation (0.13%), which captures negative-return intensity over the selected horizon. This section keeps the language neutral: it describes measured variability rather than forecasting outcomes.
Check current 90 days Calvert Floating-Rate correlation with market (Dow Jones Industrial)
α-0.0096   β0.01
3 Months Beta |Analyze Calvert Floating Rate Demand Trend
Check current 90 days Calvert Floating-Rate correlation with market (Dow Jones Industrial)

Downside Risk

Standard deviation is the primary measure of Calvert daily price volatility relative to its mean. High values indicate volatile instruments; low values indicate stable ones. Calvert standard deviation quantifies the magnitude of daily price swings relative to the average. High standard deviation implies high volatility; low standard deviation implies price stability for Calvert.
Standard Deviation
    
  0.11  
An important distinction for Calvert Floating-Rate investors is between total volatility and downside-only risk. Downside deviation and semi-deviation isolate the loss risk in Calvert Floating-Rate's daily returns from favorable moves. Standard deviation of Calvert Floating-Rate captures both favorable and adverse price swings. Downside deviation focuses exclusively on the adverse side of Calvert Floating-Rate's return distribution. Latest disclosures for Calvert Floating Rate Advantage show a Downside Deviation of 0.13, a Downside Variance of 0.02, and a Maximum Drawdown of 0.70.

Mutual Fund Volatility Analysis

Tracking Calvert Floating-Rate volatility helps market participants understand the degree of price uncertainty. Highly volatile mutual funds like Calvert Floating-Rate tend to experience wider price swings in both directions. Periods of high volatility for Calvert Floating-Rate can present both risks and opportunities for traders. When Calvert Floating-Rate experiences high volatility, its mutual fund price can shift dramatically in a short period.
Transformation
This analysis covers sixty-one data points across the selected time horizon. Calvert Floating Rate Average Price is the average of the sum of open, high, low and close daily prices of a bar. It can be used to smooth an indicator that normally takes just the closing price as input.

Projected Return Density Against Market

Assuming a 90-day horizon Calvert Floating-Rate has a beta of 0.005 suggesting as returns on the market go up, Calvert Floating-Rate's average returns are expected to increase less than the benchmark. However, during a bear market, the loss from holding Calvert Floating Rate Advantage is expected to be smaller as well.
Market risk ties Calvert Floating-Rate to macro cycles, whereas company or sector-specific developments represent independent drivers. Volatility metrics help measure this balance. Latest disclosures for Calvert Floating Rate Advantage show a Downside Deviation of 0.13, a Mean Deviation of 0.06, and a Semi Deviation of 0.07.
Calvert Floating Rate Advantage has a negative alpha, implying that the risk taken by holding this instrument is not justified. The fund is significantly underperforming the Dow Jones Industrial.
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Calvert Floating-Rate's volatility is typically evaluated with standard deviation and beta. Standard deviation reflects how far Calvert Floating-Rate's returns usually move from the mean over the selected horizon.

What Drives Calvert Floating-Rate's Price Volatility?

Industry Dynamics

Sector-level catalysts in the Calvert Investments sector often set the baseline volatility regime for Calvert Floating-Rate.

Political and Economic Environment

Interest-rate path changes, geopolitical developments, and macro surprises influence investor risk tolerance.

Calvert Floating-Rate's Company-Specific Factors

Execution updates, margin trends, and corporate actions can shift near-term return dispersion for Calvert Floating-Rate's.

Mutual Fund Risk Measures

Assuming a 90-day horizon the coefficient of variation of Calvert Floating-Rate is 189177.79. The daily returns are distributed with a variance of 0.01 and standard deviation of 0.11. The mean deviation of Calvert Floating Rate Advantage is currently at 0.06. For similar time horizon, the selected benchmark (Dow Jones Industrial) has volatility of 0.82
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Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.0096
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.01
σ
Overall volatility
0.11
Ir
Information ratio 0.51

Mutual Fund Return Volatility

Calvert Floating-Rate daily volatility tracks how widely fund returns have moved around the mean across the selected time frame. The fund reflects 0.1147% volatility on return distribution over a 90-day horizon. On the other hand, Dow Jones Industrial has volatility of 0.8457% on return distribution over a 90-day investment horizon.
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Related Correlations Analysis


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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

Return momentum in Calvert Mutual Fund is more useful when tested against peer-relative fundamentals and risk. Reviewing Calvert Floating-Rate's risk-adjusted indicators gives a clearer view of whether returns are being earned efficiently. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors evaluate volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across different positions.

Risk Metrics, Assumptions & Methodology

Volatility for Calvert Floating-Rate reflects NAV dispersion and exposure stability across disclosure periods. Uncertainty impacts position sizing assumptions in portfolio models.

Calvert Floating Rate Advantage metrics are compiled from fund disclosures and market reference feeds and normalized before display. Not all fields update in real time. Volatility and downside metrics are estimated from historical return dispersion.

This content is curated and reviewed by:

Gabriel Shpitalnik - Member of Macroaxis Editorial Board
Last reviewed on March 8th, 2026

Calvert Floating-Rate Investment Opportunity

Calvert Floating Rate Advantage currently shows materially lower return volatility than Dow Jones Industrial, with a relative multiple of about 7.73. Used properly, this comparison helps frame whether the extra volatility in the peer is being compensated by stronger return potential.You can use Calvert Floating Rate Advantage to protect the portfolio against small market fluctuations. This price-change note interprets the latest move in the context of short-horizon trading behavior. It highlights whether the move looks ordinary, stressed, or unusually speculative for the instrument. a normal downward trend and little activity. Check odds of Calvert Floating-Rate to be traded at $8.48 in 90 days.
Very good diversification
Across the chosen horizon, Calvert Floating-Rate and Dow Jones show a correlation of 0.05 and fall into the Very good diversification bucket. This chart helps evaluate whether adding Dow Jones genuinely reduces risk relative to holding Calvert Floating-Rate alone.

Calvert Floating-Rate Additional Risk Indicators

A broader risk-indicator set for Calvert Floating Rate Advantage can improve buy, hold, hedge, and sell decisions by adding context beyond the most common measures. Used correctly, these measures can support both standalone risk assessment and portfolio-level hedging decisions.

Calvert Floating-Rate Suggested Diversification Pairs

Pair analysis around Calvert Floating Rate Advantage matters because it can turn one security idea into a more market-neutral structure. Used properly, pair trading is less about prediction in isolation and more about identifying relative mispricing between related positions.
Pair strategies help manage risk, but investors should recognize that not all risk can be diversified away through pairing. Market-level risk for Calvert Floating-Rate persists even in a well-constructed pair. The benefit is in offsetting Calvert Floating-Rate's company-specific risk, which can be meaningfully reduced by selecting a second position that moves independently of Calvert Floating Rate Advantage.