Short Duration Correlations

APOIX Fund  USD 10.16  0.01  0.1%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Inflation and Mid Cap Value is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Short Duration 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 Duration Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Inflation and DJI is 0.2 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Duration Inflation 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 Short Duration Inflation. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.76AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.65CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.7TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.76AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.77AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.76AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.84TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.84TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.61TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.8TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.62TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.66TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.64TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.7TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.65TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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TWACXCDBCX
TWCAXAMEIX
TWCAXTWCCX
TWADXAMDVX
TWCCXAMEIX
  
High negative correlations   
TWACXAMEIX
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TWCIXTWACX
CDBCXAMEIX
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short Mutual Fund performing well and Short Duration 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 Duration'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
AMDVX  0.65 (0.17) 0.00 (0.17) 0.00 
 0.91 
 10.08 
AMEIX  0.55  0.05  0.05  0.08  0.76 
 1.10 
 5.36 
AMGIX  0.53 (0.03) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 1.15 
 5.42 
CDBCX  0.24 (0.07) 0.00 (2.59) 0.00 
 0.33 
 1.54 
AMKIX  0.75 (0.02) 0.00 (0.31) 0.00 
 1.51 
 4.82 
TWACX  0.07  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.11 
 0.56 
TWADX  0.59 (0.19) 0.00 (0.29) 0.00 
 0.91 
 10.91 
TWCCX  0.82  0.05  0.02  0.20  1.46 
 1.69 
 7.59 
TWCAX  0.73  0.02  0.01  0.04  1.34 
 1.52 
 6.22 
TWCIX  0.75  0.06  0.03  0.29  1.28 
 1.64 
 6.31