Dfa - Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dfa Small and Dfa Large is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Dfa - 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.

Dfa - Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dfa Small 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 Dfa Small 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 Dfa Small. 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 price.

Moving together with Dfa Mutual Fund

  0.72DREIX World Core EquityPairCorr
  0.78DRILX Dimensional 2060 TargetPairCorr
  0.78DRIJX Dimensional 2050 TargetPairCorr
  0.99DAABX Dfa SustainabilityPairCorr
  0.72DURPX Us High RelativePairCorr
  0.84DUSQX Us Lg CapPairCorr
  0.7DUSLX Dfa LargePairCorr
  0.95DFEOX Us E EquityPairCorr

Moving against Dfa Mutual Fund

  0.58DISVX Dfa International SmallPairCorr
  0.58DMNBX Dfa Mn MunicipalPairCorr
  0.57DMREX Dfa Municipal RealPairCorr
  0.53DIPSX Dfa Inflation ProtectedPairCorr
  0.53DSFIX Dfa Social FixedPairCorr
  0.47DIHRX Intal High RelativePairCorr
  0.47DSCLX Dfa International SocialPairCorr
  0.37DILRX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.37DSSMX Dfa Selective StatePairCorr
  0.62DFFGX Dfa Short TermPairCorr
  0.61DFCSX Continental Small PanyPairCorr
  0.61DFCMX Dfa Calfrna ShrtPairCorr
  0.59DCARX Dfa California MunicipalPairCorr
  0.59DFABX Dfa Investment DimensionsPairCorr
  0.54DFAPX Dfa Investment GradePairCorr
  0.54DWUSX Dfa World ExPairCorr
  0.5DFALX Large Cap InternationalPairCorr
  0.39DCIBX Dfa Ca IntPairCorr
  0.65DFEQX Dfa Short TermPairCorr
  0.64DFIGX Dfa Intermediate GovPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dfa Mutual Fund performing well and Dfa - 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 Dfa -'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.