Total Return Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Total Return Bond and Oppenheimer Global Allocation is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Total Return 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.

Total Return Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Total Return Bond and DJI is 0.26 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Total Return Bond and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Total Return 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 nation.

Moving together with Total Mutual Fund

  0.88DHICX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.92VMPYX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.92VMPAX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.87SADAX Wells Fargo UltraPairCorr
  0.83SADIX Wells Fargo UltraPairCorr
  0.69EMGYX Wells Fargo EmergingPairCorr
  0.69EMGNX Wells Fargo EmergingPairCorr
  0.7EMGCX Wells Fargo EmergingPairCorr
  0.69EMGAX Wells Fargo EmergingPairCorr
  0.93SSHIX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.85WABIX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.72SSTHX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.8SSTVX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.85WSBIX Short Term MunicipalPairCorr
  0.83WARAX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.84WARDX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.83WARCX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.77WSGIX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.88WSIAX Wells Fargo StrategicPairCorr
  0.88WSIDX Wells Fargo StrategicPairCorr
  0.9WSICX Wells Fargo StrategicPairCorr
  0.87WSINX Wells Fargo StrategicPairCorr
  0.86WSMAX Short Term MunicipalPairCorr
  0.88WSSCX Short Term MunicipalPairCorr
  0.85WSTMX Short Term MunicipalPairCorr
  0.89STRIX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.95STYAX Wells Fargo IncomePairCorr
  0.71STYIX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.72SCTAX California Tax FreePairCorr
  0.67SCTCX California Tax FreePairCorr

Moving against Total Mutual Fund

  0.65WSCOX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.73WSMCX Small Pany GrowthPairCorr
  0.61STAFX Wells Fargo LargePairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Total Mutual Fund performing well and Total Return 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 Total Return'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.