Short Duration Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Bond and Maryland Short Term Tax Free is 0.29 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Short Duration 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 Duration Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Bond and DJI is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Duration Bond 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 Duration 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.81RNTTX International DevelopedPairCorr
  1.0RSBTX Short Duration BondPairCorr
  0.99RSBCX Short Duration BondPairCorr
  1.0RSDTX Short Duration BondPairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.45RSCRX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.38RSECX Us Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.37RSEAX Us Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.36RSESX Us Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.36RSQAX Us E EquityPairCorr
  0.46RTDAX Multifactor EquityPairCorr
  0.46RTDCX Multifactor EquityPairCorr
  0.46RTDYX Select EquityPairCorr
  0.46RTDSX Select EquityPairCorr
  0.46RTDRX Select EquityPairCorr
  0.46RTDTX Select EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short Mutual Fund performing well and Short Duration 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 Duration'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.