The Bond Correlations

CFBNX Fund  USD 17.94  0.02  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Bond Fund and Franklin Adjustable Government is 0.17 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of The Bond 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.

The Bond Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between The Bond Fund and DJI is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The Bond Fund 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 Bond Fund. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with The Mutual Fund

  0.86KTXIX Kansas TaxPairCorr
  0.83CFMOX Missouri TaxPairCorr
  0.89CFNLX National TaxPairCorr
  0.94CFSTX Short TermPairCorr
  0.95VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.95VBMFX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0VTBSX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0VTBIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0VTBNX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  1.0FBOFX American FundsPairCorr
  1.0FFBOX American FundsPairCorr
  1.0BFAFX Bond FundPairCorr
  1.0ABNDX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.85UGPIX Ultrachina ProfundPairCorr
  0.85UGPSX Ultrachina ProfundPairCorr
  0.74PMPIX Precious Metals Ultr Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.87TRIGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.85LIFAX Lord Abbett InflationPairCorr
  0.79HFHCX Hartford FloatingPairCorr
  0.89GQJPX Gqg Partners InternaPairCorr
  0.95BRAMX Bats Series MPairCorr
  0.87FPPAX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.75HSXIX Hartford SchrodersPairCorr
  0.83PNMCX Prudential National MuniPairCorr
  0.96VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.77TEDMX Templeton DevelopingPairCorr
  0.92MFIRX Ms Global FixedPairCorr
  0.88DMFZX Destinations MunicipalPairCorr

Moving against The Mutual Fund

  0.63CFGRX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.41CFAGX Midcap GrowthPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between The Mutual Fund performing well and The Bond 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 The Bond'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.