Short Term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Term and Wilmington Diversified Income is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Short 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.

Short Term Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between The Short Term and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The Short Term and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.61KTXIX Kansas TaxPairCorr
  0.78CFBNX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.68CFMOX Missouri TaxPairCorr
  0.62CFNLX National TaxPairCorr
  0.69EASDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.65VFIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.62VFISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.65VSGBX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.65VSGDX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.68FUMBX Fidelity Short TermPairCorr
  0.7ECLDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.68EALDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.69EILDX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.7VWIAX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.87MINFX Mfs International ValuePairCorr
  0.65NSITX Northern Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.7VMSAX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.61ARRZX Amg River RoadPairCorr
  0.61OSIIX Oppenheimer Global StrtgcPairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.58CFGRX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.51CFAGX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.33TCTGX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.37TCSUX Cleartrack 2020 ClassPairCorr
  0.33TCTJX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.32TDKTX Cleartrack 2015 ClassPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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