Applied Finance Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Applied Finance Explorer and Thrivent Small Cap is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Applied Finance 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.

Applied Finance Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Applied Finance Explorer and DJI is -0.1 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Applied Finance Explorer and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Applied Finance Explorer. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in real.

Moving together with Applied Mutual Fund

  0.94VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.94VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.94DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.91UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.91UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.91UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.92AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr

Moving against Applied Mutual Fund

  0.93UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.88USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.88USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.6USGDX Morgan Stanley GovernmentPairCorr
  0.56ABNOX Ab Bond InflationPairCorr
  0.55HRBDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.51VICSX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.47PDI Pimco Dynamic Income Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.47FTCAX Templeton Strained BondPairCorr
  0.45GIOIX Guggenheim Macro OppPairCorr
  0.41UTF Cohen And SteersPairCorr
  0.4DLDFX Destinations Low DurationPairCorr
  0.33HTD John Hancock TaxPairCorr
  0.33SGDLX Sprott Gold EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Applied Mutual Fund performing well and Applied Finance 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 Applied Finance'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.