Homestead Intermediate Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Homestead Intermediate and Us Government Securities is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Homestead Intermediate 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.

Homestead Intermediate Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Homestead Intermediate Bond and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Homestead Intermediate Bond 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 Homestead Intermediate Bond. 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 Homestead Mutual Fund

  0.75HISIX International EquityPairCorr
  0.71HOSBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.8HOSGX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.84VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.84VBMFX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.86VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.86VTBSX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.86VTBIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.86VTBNX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.85FBOFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.85FFBOX American FundsPairCorr
  0.85BFAFX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.85ABNDX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.88PDSQX Prudential Short DurationPairCorr
  0.83RGVCX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.85FAEDX FaedxPairCorr
  0.82SWRSX Schwab Treasury InflationPairCorr
  0.65MQY Blackrock MuniyieldPairCorr
  0.9PCCRX Pimco Credit AbsolutePairCorr
  0.87SSTHX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.84CRANX Community ReinvestmentPairCorr
  1.0DPRFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.92LASNX Loomis Sayles StrategicPairCorr
  0.82IOEBX IoebxPairCorr

Moving against Homestead Mutual Fund

  0.71HSCSX Small-company StockPairCorr
  0.51HNASX Growth Fund GrowthPairCorr
  0.4HSTIX Stock Index FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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