Total Return Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Total Return Bond and Aqr Small Cap is 0.37 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Total Return 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.

Total Return Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Total Return Bond and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Total Return Bond 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 Total Return Bond. 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 Total Mutual Fund

  0.61IFAAX Infrastructure FundPairCorr
  0.61IFAIX Infrastructure FundPairCorr
  1.0FLBDX Total Return BondPairCorr
  1.0BNDAX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.98BSIKX Blackrock StrategicPairCorr
  0.97BSICX Blackrock Strategic OppsPairCorr
  0.98BASIX Blackrock Strategic OppsPairCorr
  0.98BSIIX Blackrock StrategicPairCorr
  0.89JSORX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.9JSOZX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.87JSOCX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.9JSOSX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.88JSOAX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.95PMZCX Pimco Mortgage OpporPairCorr

Moving against Total Mutual Fund

  0.32SRUAX Spectrum Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.32SRUIX Spectrum Fund InstitPairCorr
  0.32FLSPX Spectrum Fund RetailPairCorr
  0.79SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.78SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Total Mutual Fund performing well and Total Return 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 Total Return'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.