Boston Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Boston Trust Equity and Boston Trust Asset is 0.99 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Boston Trust 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 Trust Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Boston Trust Equity and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Boston Trust Equity and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Boston Mutual Fund

  0.76WAMFX Walden MidcapPairCorr
  0.99WSBFX Walden Asset ManagementPairCorr
  0.98WSEFX Walden EquityPairCorr
  0.74WASMX Walden Smid CapPairCorr
  0.99BTBFX Boston Trust AssetPairCorr
  0.92BTMFX Boston Trust MidcapPairCorr
  0.75BTSMX Boston Trust SmidPairCorr
  0.92BOSOX Boston Trust SmallPairCorr
  0.95VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.95VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.95VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.94VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.94VIIIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.71WHIYX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.69IVHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.69IHIFX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.7WRHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.71WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr

Moving against Boston Mutual Fund

  0.46FSGIX Federated Gov SecPairCorr
  0.37MBLCX Madison DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.35PPFFX American Funds PresePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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