Sextant Bond Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Sextant Bond Income and Ab Global Bond is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Sextant 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.

Sextant Bond Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Sextant Bond Income and DJI is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Sextant Bond Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Sextant Mutual Fund

  0.98VWETX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.9VWESX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.99VBLAX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.99VBLLX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.9VBLIX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.9SLDAX Siit Long DurationPairCorr
  0.97VLTCX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.97VLCIX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.99PLRIX Pimco Long TermPairCorr
  0.89PLRPX Pimco Long DurationPairCorr
  0.75VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.75VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.76PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.81VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.65IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.69TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr

Moving against Sextant Mutual Fund

  0.35VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.35VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.35VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.35VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.35VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.32VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.32VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.32VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.57AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.48AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.44BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.39MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
  0.35HD Home DepotPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Sextant Mutual Fund performing well and Sextant 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 Sextant 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.