Morningstar Total Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Morningstar Total Return and Qs Defensive Growth is 0.4 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Morningstar Total 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.

Morningstar Total Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Morningstar Total Return and DJI is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Morningstar Total Return 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 Morningstar Total Return. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Morningstar Mutual Fund

  0.94MSTBX Morningstar DefensivePairCorr
  0.88MSTFX Morningstar InternationalPairCorr
  0.89MSTGX Morningstar Global IncomePairCorr
  0.72MSTPX Morningstar MunicipalPairCorr
  0.91MSTMX Morningstar MultisectorPairCorr
  0.85MSTVX Morningstar AlternativesPairCorr
  0.95VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VBMFX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.95VTBSX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VTBIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99VTBNX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.99FBOFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.99FFBOX American FundsPairCorr
  0.99BFAFX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.99ABNDX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.88BXECX Barings Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.88BXEIX Barings Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.88BXEAX Barings Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.89HLDIX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.9HLDRX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.89HLDAX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.9HLDCX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.89HLDTX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.99MWTTX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr
  0.82RWIIX Redwood AlphafactorPairCorr
  0.86PDI Pimco Dynamic Income Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.79RWDIX Redwood Managed VolaPairCorr
  0.97GSRUX Goldman Sachs InflationPairCorr
  0.91REGAX American Funds EmergingPairCorr
  0.9PYGFX Payden Global FixedPairCorr
  0.9NAWIX Voya Global EquityPairCorr
  0.83IIXAX Catalyst Insider IncomePairCorr
  0.92LWSTX Western Asset ShortPairCorr

Moving against Morningstar Mutual Fund

  0.37MSTQX Morningstar EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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