Americafirst Defensive Correlations

DGQIX Fund  USD 9.35  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Americafirst Defensive and Fidelity Advisor Diversified is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Americafirst Defensive 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.

Americafirst Defensive Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Americafirst Defensive Growth and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Americafirst Defensive Growth 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 Americafirst Defensive Growth. 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 Americafirst Mutual Fund

  0.9DGQUX Americafirst DefensivePairCorr
  0.88DGQAX Americafirst DefensivePairCorr
  0.81DHLSX Diamond Hill LongPairCorr
  0.81DIAYX Diamond Hill LongPairCorr
  0.82DIAMX Diamond Hill LongPairCorr
  0.63PWLIX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.64PWLMX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.77ASLAX Ab Select LongshortPairCorr
  0.8GPBFX Gmo E PlusPairCorr
  0.69WARCX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.67EMBYX Unconstrained EmergingPairCorr
  0.65GSHRX Goldman Sachs HighPairCorr
  0.82DFXIX Dfa Diversified FixedPairCorr

Moving against Americafirst Mutual Fund

  0.67PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.67PQTIX Aa Pimco TrPairCorr
  0.66PQTAX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.57GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr

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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 Americafirst Mutual Fund performing well and Americafirst Defensive 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 Americafirst Defensive'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.