Balanced Fund Correlations

WBALX Fund  USD 16.88  0.08  0.48%   
The current 90-days correlation between Balanced Fund Balanced and Value Fund Value is 0.95 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Balanced Fund 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.

Balanced Fund Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Balanced Fund Balanced 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 Balanced Fund Balanced and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Balanced Fund Balanced. 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 economic analysis.

Moving together with Balanced Mutual Fund

  1.0WBAIX Weitz BalancedPairCorr
  0.92WVAIX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.92WVALX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.97WPOIX Partners Iii OpportunityPairCorr
  0.97WPOPX Partners Iii OpportunityPairCorr
  0.97WPVLX Partners ValuePairCorr
  0.97WPVIX Partners ValuePairCorr

Moving against Balanced Mutual Fund

  0.4GAAKX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.4GAAGX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr

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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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WPOPXWVALX
WPVLXWVALX
SIBAXWVALX
SIBAXWPOPX
SIBAXWPVLX
  
High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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