Kensington Defender Correlations

DFNDX Fund   10.41  0.07  0.68%   
The current 90-days correlation between Kensington Defender and Scharf Fund Retail is 0.6 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Kensington Defender 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.

Kensington Defender Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Kensington Defender Institutio and DJI is 0.74 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Kensington Defender Institutio and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Kensington Defender Institutional. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Kensington Mutual Fund

  0.73RIRAX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.74RIREX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.74RIRCX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.75RIRFX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.73CIRCX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.74CIREX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.73RIRBX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.75CAIFX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.75CIRFX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.74CIRAX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.64HIGCX Eagle Growth IncomePairCorr

Moving against Kensington Mutual Fund

  0.5UIPIX Ultrashort Mid Cap Steady GrowthPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Kensington Mutual Fund performing well and Kensington Defender 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 Kensington Defender'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.