Dimensional Retirement Correlations

TDIFX Fund  USD 11.64  0.01  0.09%   
The current 90-days correlation between Dimensional Retirement and Iaadx is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Dimensional Retirement 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.

Dimensional Retirement Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dimensional Retirement Income and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dimensional Retirement Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Dimensional Mutual Fund

  0.91DIHRX Intal High RelativePairCorr
  0.93DILRX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.86DIPSX Dfa Inflation ProtectedPairCorr
  0.8DISVX Dfa International SmallPairCorr
  0.89DISMX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.88DMNBX Dfa Mn MunicipalPairCorr
  0.87DMREX Dfa Municipal RealPairCorr
  0.9DNYMX Dfa Ny MunicipalPairCorr
  0.82DOGMX Dfa Oregon MunicipalPairCorr
  0.66DRIHX Dimensional 2040 TargetPairCorr
  0.84DRIGX Dimensional 2035 TargetPairCorr
  0.94DRIWX Dimensional 2030 TargetPairCorr
  0.98DRIUX Dimensional 2025 TargetPairCorr
  0.99DRIRX Dimensional 2020 TargetPairCorr
  1.0DRIQX Dimensional 2015 TargetPairCorr
  0.87DRXIX Dfa Ltip PortfolioPairCorr
  0.88DSCLX Dfa International SocialPairCorr
  0.84DSFIX Dfa Social FixedPairCorr
  0.8DSSMX Dfa Selective StatePairCorr
  0.86DTCPX Dfa Targeted CreditPairCorr
  0.86DCARX Dfa California MunicipalPairCorr
  0.71DCIBX Dfa Ca IntPairCorr
  0.81DCMSX Dfa Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.63DWFIX Dfa World ExPairCorr
  0.74DESIX Emerging Markets SusPairCorr

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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 Dimensional Mutual Fund performing well and Dimensional Retirement 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 Dimensional Retirement'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.