Thrivent Balanced Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Thrivent Balanced Income and Astor Longshort Fund is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Thrivent Balanced 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.

Thrivent Balanced Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Thrivent Balanced Income and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Thrivent Balanced Income 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 Thrivent Balanced Income. 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 census.

Moving together with Thrivent Mutual Fund

  0.71THLCX Thrivent Large CapPairCorr
  0.83THMAX Thrivent ModeratePairCorr
  0.93THYFX Thrivent DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.71AAAGX Thrivent Large CapPairCorr
  1.0AABFX Thrivent Balanced IncomePairCorr
  0.9AAHYX Thrivent DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.85AALGX Thrivent Large CapPairCorr
  0.74AASCX Thrivent Mid CapPairCorr
  0.68AASMX Thrivent Small CapPairCorr
  0.68AAUTX Thrivent Large CapPairCorr
  0.68TLVIX Thrivent Large CapPairCorr
  0.83TMAIX Thrivent ModeratePairCorr
  0.82TMAFX Thrivent ModeratelyPairCorr
  0.82TMAAX Thrivent ModeratelyPairCorr
  0.65TMCVX Thrivent Mid CapPairCorr
  0.7TMCGX Turner Emerging GrowthPairCorr
  0.74TMSIX Thrivent Mid CapPairCorr
  0.79LBHYX Thrivent High YieldPairCorr
  0.77LBHIX Thrivent High YieldPairCorr
  0.77TAAAX Thrivent AggressivePairCorr
  0.77TAAIX Thrivent AggressivePairCorr
  0.68TSCGX Thrivent Small CapPairCorr
  0.68TSCSX Thrivent Small CapPairCorr
  0.85IILGX Thrivent Large CapPairCorr

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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 Thrivent Mutual Fund performing well and Thrivent Balanced 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 Thrivent Balanced'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.