Balanced Fund Correlations

FOBPX Fund  USD 20.97  0.07  0.33%   
The current 90-days correlation between Balanced Fund Instit and Short Oil Gas is -0.22 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Balanced Fund 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.

Balanced Fund Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Balanced Fund Institutional and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Balanced Fund Institutional and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Balanced Mutual Fund

  0.94FSMBX Tributary Smallmid CapPairCorr
  0.94FSMCX Tributary Smallmid CapPairCorr
  1.0FOBAX Balanced Fund InstitPairCorr
  0.86FOSCX Small Pany FundPairCorr
  0.87FOSBX Small Pany FundPairCorr
  0.95FBONX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.95FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.95ABALX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.95BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.95BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.95RLBCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.95RLBBX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.95CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.95CLBEX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.95RLBFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.97SPGSX State Street PremierPairCorr
  0.97VIGAX Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.97RGRYX Victory Rs GrowthPairCorr
  0.71PFN Pimco Income StrategyPairCorr
  0.99FBALX Fidelity BalancedPairCorr
  0.9WCPSX Mobile TelecommunicatioPairCorr
  0.82AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.87FAIGX Fidelity Advisor BalancedPairCorr
  0.98VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.67FXIFX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.97CSQ Calamos Strategic TotalPairCorr
  0.7FMSGX Frontier Mfg GlobalPairCorr

Moving against Balanced Mutual Fund

  0.67FOIPX Income Fund InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.67FOINX Income Fund InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.45FONPX Tributary Nebraska TaxPairCorr
  0.78KF Korea ClosedPairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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