Boston Partners Correlations

BPIRX Fund  USD 13.76  0.05  0.36%   
The current 90-days correlation between Boston Partners Longshort and Aqr Managed Futures is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Boston Partners 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.

Boston Partners Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Boston Partners Longshort and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Boston Partners Longshort 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 Boston Partners Longshort. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Boston Mutual Fund

  0.86BPAVX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.62WPGTX Wpg Partners SmallmicroPairCorr
  0.76BPLEX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.77BPLSX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.94BPRRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.78BPSIX Boston Partners SmallPairCorr
  0.73BPSCX Boston Partners SmallPairCorr
  0.89NLSCX Neuberger Berman LongPairCorr
  0.89NLSAX Neuberger Berman LongPairCorr
  0.92NLSIX Neuberger Berman LongPairCorr
  0.64DHLSX Diamond Hill LongPairCorr
  0.65DIAMX Diamond Hill LongPairCorr
  0.81ASLAX Ab Select LongshortPairCorr
  0.63GPAAX Grant Park MultiPairCorr
  0.67PAETX Putnam RetirementPairCorr
  0.71RLRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr

Moving against Boston Mutual Fund

  0.7USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr

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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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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Boston Mutual Fund performing well and Boston Partners 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 Boston Partners' 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.