Short-term Government Correlations

ASGHX Fund  USD 9.08  0.02  0.22%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Government and Federated Hermes Conservative is -0.17 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Short-term Government 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-term Government Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Term Government Fund and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Government Fund 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 Term Government Fund. 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 rate.

Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.85EASDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.95VFIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.94VFISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.95VSGBX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.94VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.93VSGDX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.82FUMBX Fidelity Short TermPairCorr
  0.81ECLDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.82EALDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.88EILDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.78PFN Pimco Income StrategyPairCorr
  0.75CIF Mfs Intermediate HighPairCorr
  0.7XPPRX Voya Prime RatePairCorr
  0.87AMFIX Aama Income FundPairCorr
  0.65MHHIX Mainstay High YieldPairCorr
  0.69MFHIX Mesirow Financial HighPairCorr
  0.67SRYRX Simt Real ReturnPairCorr
  0.73VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.68ASDIX Aamhimco Short DurationPairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short-term Mutual Fund performing well and Short-term Government 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-term Government'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.