Short-term Treasury Correlations

PRTBX Fund  USD 65.82  0.02  0.03%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Treasury and Versatile Bond Portfolio is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Short-term Treasury 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.

Short-term Treasury Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Term Treasury Portfolio and DJI is -0.07 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Treasury Portfolio and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Short Term Treasury Portfolio. 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.62PRPDX Permanent Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.62PRPFX Permanent Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.96PRVBX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.95PRVHX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.96PRVDX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.93PTSPX Pimco Short TermPairCorr
  0.92PTSHX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.93PSFAX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.91PTSRX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.96PSDNX Putnam Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.95LUSNX Lord Abbett UltraPairCorr
  0.99VUBFX Vanguard Ultra-short-termPairCorr
  0.95PSDRX Putnam Short DurationPairCorr
  0.96PSDYX Putnam Short DurationPairCorr
  0.9VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.9VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.82GGICX Goldman Sachs GlobalPairCorr
  0.8VEDIX Vanguard ExtendedPairCorr
  0.86VWVUX Tomorrows Scholar CollegePairCorr
  0.95LIBAX Columbia Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.94VUSIX Invesco Quality IncomePairCorr
  0.95CBUDX Crossingbridge Ultra-shortPairCorr
  0.94PIPTX Virtus Kar GlobalPairCorr
  0.69MXKVX Great West ServativePairCorr

Moving against Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.6VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.43PAGHX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.42PAGDX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.41PAGRX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.65VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.65VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.65VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.6VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.57VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.57VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.57VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr

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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 Short-term Mutual Fund performing well and Short-term Treasury 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 Short-term Treasury'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.