Applied Finance Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Applied Finance Select and Applied Finance Explorer is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor 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 Select and DJI is -0.18 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Applied Finance Select 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 Select. 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 bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with Applied Mutual Fund

  0.78AFALX Applied Finance CorePairCorr
  0.84AFAZX Applied Finance CorePairCorr
  0.81AFDVX Applied Finance ExplorerPairCorr
  0.82AFDZX Applied Finance ExplorerPairCorr
  1.0AFVZX Applied Finance SelectPairCorr
  0.69VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.69DOXGX Dodge Cox StockPairCorr
  0.74AFMFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.74FFMMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.74FFFMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.74AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.82AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.74AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.67DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.69VIVAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr

Moving against Applied Mutual Fund

  0.47COSRX Columbia OverseasPairCorr
  0.58MCSVX Mainstay VertiblePairCorr

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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.