Long Term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Long Term and American Funds New is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Long Term 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.

Long Term Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between The Long Term and DJI is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The Long Term 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 The Long Term. 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 bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with Long Mutual Fund

  0.79BTLSX Baillie Gifford IntePairCorr
  0.79BTLKX Baillie Gifford IntePairCorr
  0.81BCANX Baillie Gifford ChinaPairCorr
  0.81BCAKX Baillie Gifford ChinaPairCorr
  0.89BGAKX Global AlphaPairCorr
  0.89BGALX Baillie Gifford GlobalPairCorr
  0.88BGASX Global AlphaPairCorr
  0.89BGATX Baillie Gifford GlobalPairCorr
  0.68BGCDX Baillie Gifford ChinaPairCorr
  0.68BGCBX Baillie Gifford ChinaPairCorr
  0.68BGEUX Baillie Gifford EafePairCorr
  0.67BGEVX Baillie Gifford EafePairCorr
  0.68BGESX Eafe FundPairCorr
  0.67BGETX Baillie Gifford EafePairCorr
  0.67BGEKX Eafe FundPairCorr
  0.67BGEFX Baillie Gifford EafePairCorr
  0.94BGGSX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.94BGGKX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  1.0BGLTX Baillie GiffordPairCorr
  1.0BGLKX Long TermPairCorr

Moving against Long Mutual Fund

  0.31BSGPX Eafe PurePairCorr
  0.55BGHDX Baillie Gifford HealthPairCorr
  0.55BGHBX Baillie Gifford HealthPairCorr
  0.38BICKX The International SmallerPairCorr
  0.38BICIX The International SmallerPairCorr
  0.31BGPKX Eafe PurePairCorr
  0.31BGPFX Baillie Gifford EafePairCorr
  0.31BGPTX Baillie Gifford EafePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Long Mutual Fund performing well and Long Term 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 Long Term'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.