Short-term Bond Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Bond and Msift High Yield is 0.2 (i.e., Modest 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

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Term Bond Fund and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good 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

  0.66UIHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.63UIITX Intermediate Term BondPairCorr
  0.95UISBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.71URIBX Intermediate Term BondPairCorr
  0.61URGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.93VFSUX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.77VFSIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.83VFSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.74VBITX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.75VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.92LALDX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.61VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.82LDLAX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.9LDLRX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr

Moving against Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.42SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr

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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.