Dfa International Correlations

DSCLX Fund  USD 15.66  0.16  1.01%   
The current 90-days correlation between Dfa International Social and Legg Mason Partners is -0.16 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Dfa International 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 International Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dfa International Social and DJI is 0.63 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dfa International Social 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 International Social. 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 bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with Dfa Mutual Fund

  0.99DIHRX Intal High RelativePairCorr
  0.98DILRX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.92DIPSX Dfa Inflation ProtectedPairCorr
  0.98DISVX Dfa International SmallPairCorr
  0.97DISMX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.93DMNBX Dfa Mn MunicipalPairCorr
  0.95DMREX Dfa Municipal RealPairCorr
  0.94DNYMX Dfa Ny MunicipalPairCorr
  0.81DOGMX Dfa Oregon MunicipalPairCorr
  0.71DRIWX Dimensional 2030 TargetPairCorr
  0.84DRIUX Dimensional 2025 TargetPairCorr
  0.86DRIRX Dimensional 2020 TargetPairCorr
  0.87DRIQX Dimensional 2015 TargetPairCorr
  0.77DRXIX Dfa Ltip PortfolioPairCorr
  0.89DSFIX Dfa Social FixedPairCorr
  0.74DSSMX Dfa Selective StatePairCorr
  0.96DTCPX Dfa Targeted CreditPairCorr
  0.94DCARX Dfa California MunicipalPairCorr
  0.69DCIBX Dfa Ca IntPairCorr
  0.81DCMSX Dfa Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.72DEMGX Emerging Markets TargetedPairCorr
  0.86DESIX Emerging Markets SusPairCorr

Moving against Dfa Mutual Fund

  0.5DAABX Dfa SustainabilityPairCorr
  0.34DAADX Dfa Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.54DSCGX Dfa SmallPairCorr
  0.33DUSQX Us Lg CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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