Clarkston Partners Correlations

CFSMX Fund  USD 14.35  0.03  0.21%   
The current 90-days correlation between Clarkston Partners and Vy Goldman Sachs is 0.54 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Clarkston 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.

Clarkston Partners Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Clarkston Partners Fund 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 Clarkston Partners Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Clarkston Mutual Fund

  0.91CFMDX Clarkston FoundersPairCorr
  0.93CIMDX Clarkston FoundersPairCorr
  0.89CILGX Clarkston Fund InstiPairCorr
  1.0CISMX Clarkston PartnersPairCorr
  0.78FLPKX Fidelity Low PricedPairCorr
  0.77FLPSX Fidelity Low PricedPairCorr
  0.86VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.87JVMAX John Hancock DisciplinedPairCorr
  0.87JVMIX John Hancock DisciplinedPairCorr
  0.86VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.83JMVZX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.83JMVRX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.83JMVQX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.83JMVYX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.67BMQIX Baird Municipal BondPairCorr

Moving against Clarkston Mutual Fund

  0.5AGVRX Invesco GovernmentPairCorr
  0.41LIFIX Lord Abbett InflationPairCorr
  0.73QMHIX Aqr Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.63BDMIX Blackrock Gbl LngPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Clarkston Mutual Fund performing well and Clarkston 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 Clarkston 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.