Medium Duration Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Medium Duration Bond and Pioneer High Income is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Medium Duration 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.

Medium Duration Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Medium Duration Bond Instituti and DJI is 0.28 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Medium Duration Bond Instituti and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Medium Duration Bond Institutional. 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Medium Mutual Fund

  0.84GCOZX Growth AllocationPairCorr
  0.63GDMYX Defensive Market StrPairCorr
  0.78GVEYX Value Equity InstituPairCorr
  0.68GVEZX Value Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.83GVIYX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.83GVIZX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.67GEQYX Equity Index InstituPairCorr
  0.7GEQZX Equity Index InvestorPairCorr
  0.73GFSYX Strategic AlternativesPairCorr
  0.73GFSZX Strategic AlternativesPairCorr
  0.8GGBZX Aggressive AllocationPairCorr
  0.74GGBEX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.93GGBFX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.68GGEYX Guidestone Fds GrowthPairCorr
  0.77GGIZX Balanced AllocationPairCorr
  0.84GGRYX Growth AllocationPairCorr
  0.83GIEYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.83GIEZX International EquityPairCorr
  0.74GMDZX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.7GMBYX Guidestone FundsPairCorr
  0.74GMBZX Guidestone FundsPairCorr
  0.83GMFZX Mydestination 2045PairCorr
  0.83GMEYX Guidestone Funds ImpactPairCorr
  0.83GMEZX Guidestone Funds ImpactPairCorr
  0.84GMHYX Mydestination 2035PairCorr
  0.78GMGYX Mydestination 2055PairCorr
  0.78GMGZX Mydestination 2055PairCorr
  0.86GMTYX Mydestination 2015PairCorr
  0.86GMTZX Mydestination 2015PairCorr
  0.79GMWYX Mydestination 2025PairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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