Rational Defensive Correlations

HSUCX Fund  USD 30.94  0.14  0.45%   
The current 90-days correlation between Rational Defensive Growth and Praxis Impact Bond is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Rational Defensive 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.

Rational Defensive Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Rational Defensive Growth and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Rational Defensive Growth 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 Rational Defensive Growth. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Rational Mutual Fund

  0.91RNECX Rationalrgn Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.91RNEAX Rationalrgn Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.91RNEIX Rationalrgn Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.85RDMAX Rational Dynamic MomentumPairCorr
  0.84RDMIX Rational Dynamic MomentumPairCorr
  0.85RDMCX Rational Dynamic MomentumPairCorr
  0.91RHSAX Rational StrategicPairCorr
  0.95RHSIX Rational StrategicPairCorr
  0.95RHSCX Rational StrategicPairCorr
  1.0HSUAX Rational Defensive GrowthPairCorr
  0.83HBAFX Rational StrategicPairCorr
  1.0HSUTX Rational Defensive GrowthPairCorr
  0.9HDCAX Rational Dividend CapturePairCorr
  0.91HDCEX Rational Dividend CapturePairCorr
  0.89HDCTX Rational Dividend CapturePairCorr
  0.89PBXIX Rationalpier 88 ConvPairCorr
  0.9PBXCX Rationalpier 88 ConvPairCorr
  0.89PBXAX Rationalpier 88 ConvPairCorr
  0.94FAFGX American FundsPairCorr
  0.94FFAFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.93GFACX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.94GFAFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.98AGTHX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.94CGFFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.93CGFCX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.94CGFAX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.94CGFEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.94RGAEX Growth FundPairCorr

Moving against Rational Mutual Fund

  0.63RFXIX Rational Special SitPairCorr
  0.6RFXCX Rational Special SitPairCorr
  0.59RFXAX Rational Special SitPairCorr
  0.5HRSTX Rational Real StrategiesPairCorr
  0.5HRSFX Rational Real StrategiesPairCorr
  0.48HRSAX Rational Real StrategiesPairCorr
  0.49PTATX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.48CCWFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.47SPUBX Symmetry Panoramic FixedPairCorr
  0.47FFBAX First Foundation FixedPairCorr
  0.41SWRSX Schwab Treasury InflationPairCorr
  0.38AILCX American Beacon IntePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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