American Independence Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Independence and Transam Short Term Bond is 0.44 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of American Independence 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.

American Independence Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between American Independence Kansas and DJI is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Independence Kansas 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 American Independence Kansas. 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 estimate.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  1.0SEKSX American IndependencePairCorr
  0.98KYTFX Kentucky Tax FreePairCorr
  0.96UVABX Virginia BondPairCorr
  0.99HULYX Hawaiian Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99HULFX Hawaiian Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99ORTYX Aquila Tax FreePairCorr
  0.97UVAIX Usaa Virginia BondPairCorr
  0.97USVAX Virginia BondPairCorr
  1.0HULAX Hawaiian Tax FreePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between American Mutual Fund performing well and American Independence 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 American Independence'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.