Boston Partners Correlations

BPSIX Fund  USD 24.66  0.23  0.92%   
The current 90-days correlation between Boston Partners Small and Boston Partners Small is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Boston Partners Small and DJI is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Boston Partners Small 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 Small. 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 Boston Mutual Fund

  0.93WPGHX Wpg Partners SelectPairCorr
  0.93WPGTX Wpg Partners SmallmicroPairCorr
  0.92WPGSX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.73BPIRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.73BPRRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  1.0BPSCX Boston Partners SmallPairCorr
  0.98VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.97DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.96UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.96UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.96UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.86AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr

Moving against Boston Mutual Fund

  0.4BPGIX Boston Partners GlobalPairCorr
  0.33OPTCX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.33BPGSX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.47VDMCX Virtus Kar DevelopingPairCorr
  0.46FIAIX Fidelity Advisor SusPairCorr
  0.43SWRSX Schwab Treasury InflationPairCorr
  0.41CCWFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.38BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.38BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.38MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr

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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.