Short Term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Term and Voya High Yield is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Short Term 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.

Short Term Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between The Short Term Municipal and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The Short Term Municipal 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 The Short Term Municipal. 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 labor statistics.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.64VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.64VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.63HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.64AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.65VZ Verizon Communications Sell-off TrendPairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.54BA Boeing Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.5LFRIX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.37MMM 3M Company Fiscal Year End 28th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.37PFE Pfizer Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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