Short-term Bond Correlations

SBFFX Fund  USD 9.53  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Bond and Ultranasdaq 100 Profund Ultranasdaq 100 is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Short-term Bond 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 Bond Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Short Term Bond Fund and DJI is 0.2 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Bond Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.73FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr

Moving against Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.53AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.52AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.52AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.52AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.49RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.45CDWEX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.42ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.41CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.4BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.39RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.39BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.37RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.35RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.33FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.58FAX Aberdeen Asia PacificPairCorr
  0.44WBFFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.43CEUEX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.42FAKTX American Funds 2015PairCorr
  0.4WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.4FAOTX American Funds 2020PairCorr
  0.4FAPTX American Funds 2025PairCorr
  0.39RRCTX American Funds 2020PairCorr
  0.38FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.38FBONX American Funds AmericanPairCorr

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