Flaherty Crumrine Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Flaherty Crumrine and Flaherty Crumrine Preferredome is 0.54 (i.e., Very weak diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Flaherty Crumrine moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Flaherty Crumrine Preferred moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Flaherty Crumrine Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Flaherty Crumrine Preferred and DJI is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Flaherty Crumrine Preferred and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Flaherty Fund

  0.62AAAMX American Century OnePairCorr
  0.63LIGYX Loomis Sayles InternPairCorr
  0.69PGAIX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.69HGXVX Hartford Global ImpactPairCorr

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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 Flaherty Fund performing well and Flaherty Crumrine 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 Flaherty Crumrine'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.