World Ex Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between World Ex Core and Inflation Adjusted Bond Fund is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of World Ex 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.

World Ex Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between World Ex Core and DJI is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding World Ex Core 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 World Ex Core. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with World Mutual Fund

  0.99DIHRX Intal High RelativePairCorr
  0.91TDIFX Dimensional RetirementPairCorr
  1.0VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  1.0VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.95VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  1.0VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  1.0VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.98VTMGX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.98VDVIX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.98VTMNX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.98VDIPX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.97FSPSX Fidelity InternationalPairCorr
  0.79FSMMX Fs Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.97BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.97BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.97MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr
  0.98RTIYX Select InternationalPairCorr
  0.89FSTFX Fidelity Limited TermPairCorr
  0.81OHSHX Oakhurst Short DurationPairCorr
  0.76WSHNX Short Duration IncomePairCorr
  0.9PIPNX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.64MCSAX Mfs Modity StrategyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between World Mutual Fund performing well and World Ex 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 World Ex'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.