Municipal Bond Correlations

SMBAX Fund  USD 8.74  0.02  0.23%   
The current 90-days correlation between Municipal Bond Portfolio and Vanguard Intermediate Term Tax Exempt is 0.95 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Municipal 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.

Municipal Bond Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Municipal Bond Portfolio and DJI is -0.23 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Municipal Bond Portfolio and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Municipal Mutual Fund

  0.88SIBPX Investment Quality BondPairCorr
  0.99SMBCX Municipal Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  1.0SMBPX Municipal Bond PortfolioPairCorr

Moving against Municipal Mutual Fund

  0.58SFPCX Financial ServicesPairCorr
  0.58SFPAX Financial ServicesPairCorr
  0.58SFPIX Financial ServicesPairCorr
  0.52STPAX Technology CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.52STPCX Technology CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.52STPIX Technology CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.48SABIX Aggressive BalancedPairCorr
  0.47SABAX Salient Alternative BetaPairCorr
  0.46SABCX Salient Alternative BetaPairCorr
  0.45SAMIX Moderately AggressivePairCorr
  0.45SBMIX Moderate BalancedPairCorr
  0.44SAMAX Moderately AggressivePairCorr
  0.44SAMCX Salient Mlp FundPairCorr
  0.44SBMCX Moderate BalancedPairCorr
  0.41SSCPX Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.41SSCYX Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.41SBCCX Moderately ServativePairCorr
  0.39SSCCX Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.6KSOCX Kinetics Small Cap Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.6KSCYX Kinetics Small CapPairCorr
  0.58SLCVX Large Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.58SLVCX Large Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.58SLVYX Large Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.53SLCGX Large CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.52SLGCX Large CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.52SLGYX Large CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.51SMIPX Mid CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.51SPMAX Mid CapitalizationPairCorr

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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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ABHYXMDNLX
  
High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Municipal Mutual Fund performing well and Municipal 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 Municipal 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
VWITX  0.12  0.01 (0.39) 0.00  0.16 
 0.22 
 1.03 
TEBCX  0.13  0.01 (0.31)(0.03) 0.20 
 0.32 
 1.29 
MDNLX  0.14  0.01 (0.36)(0.07) 0.15 
 0.30 
 1.09 
444859BR2  1.36 (0.08) 0.00 (0.21) 0.00 
 5.93 
 16.62 
AQUI  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
LBHIX  0.12  0.01 (0.39) 0.51  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.96 
MSTSX  0.49 (0.03)(0.12) 0.06  0.52 
 1.21 
 2.80 
ABHYX  0.18  0.03 (0.22)(0.11) 0.25 
 0.34 
 1.91 
VIASP  0.75  0.08 (0.03)(1.87) 1.12 
 2.28 
 7.18 
AAEVX  0.49 (0.02)(0.09) 0.08  0.53 
 0.93 
 2.76