Schwab Target Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Schwab Target 2015 and Schwab Target 2020 is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Schwab Target 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.

Schwab Target Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Schwab Target 2015 and DJI is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Schwab Target 2015 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Schwab Target 2015. 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 Schwab Mutual Fund

  0.93FSNLX Fidelity Freedom 2015PairCorr
  0.97PARHX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.97RRTMX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.93FFVFX Fidelity Freedom 2015PairCorr
  0.92FPTKX Fidelity Freedom 2015PairCorr
  0.9AABTX American Funds 2015PairCorr
  0.91CCBTX American Funds 2015PairCorr
  0.9FAKTX American Funds 2015PairCorr
  0.67ETY Eaton Vance TaxPairCorr
  0.63HTD John Hancock TaxPairCorr
  0.68CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.82GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.78DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.69JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr

Moving against Schwab Mutual Fund

  0.43IIF Morgan Stanley IndiaPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Schwab Mutual Fund performing well and Schwab Target 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 Schwab Target'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.