Correlation Between Commodities Strategy and Long-term

Can any of the company-specific risk be diversified away by investing in both Commodities Strategy and Long-term at the same time? Although using a correlation coefficient on its own may not help to predict future stock returns, this module helps to understand the diversifiable risk of combining Commodities Strategy and Long-term into the same portfolio, which is an essential part of the fundamental portfolio management process.

By analyzing existing cross correlation between Commodities Strategy Fund and Long Term Government Fund, you can compare the effects of market volatilities on Commodities Strategy and Long-term and check how they will diversify away market risk if combined in the same portfolio for a given time horizon. You can also utilize pair trading strategies of matching a long position in Commodities Strategy with a short position of Long-term. Check out your portfolio center. Please also check ongoing floating volatility patterns of Commodities Strategy and Long-term.

Diversification Opportunities for Commodities Strategy and Long-term

-0.2

Correlation Coefficient

Commodities Strategy  Long-term

Good diversification

The 3 months correlation between Commodities and Long-term is -0.2. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Commodities Strategy Fund and Long Term Government Fund in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical prices or returns on Long Term Government and Commodities Strategy is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these equity instruments tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which returns on Commodities Strategy Fund are associated (or correlated) with Long-term. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when the price movement of Long Term Government has no effect on the direction of Commodities Strategy i.e., Commodities Strategy and Long-term go up and down completely randomly.

Pair Corralation between Commodities Strategy and Long-term

Assuming the 90 days horizon Commodities Strategy is expected to generate 1.19 times less return on investment than Long-term. In addition to that, Commodities Strategy is 1.09 times more volatile than Long Term Government Fund. It trades about 0.08 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. Long Term Government Fund is currently generating about 0.11 per unit of volatility. If you would invest  1,360  in Long Term Government Fund on December 24, 2024 and sell it today you would earn a total of  62.00  from holding Long Term Government Fund or generate 4.56% return on investment over 90 days.

Time Period	3 Months [change]
Direction	Moves Against
Strength	Insignificant
Accuracy	100.0%
Values	Daily Returns

Commodities Strategy Fund  vs.  Long Term Government Fund

Commodities Strategy

Risk-Adjusted Performance

Modest

Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Commodities Strategy Fund are ranked lower than 6 (%) of all funds and portfolios of funds over the last 90 days. In spite of fairly strong fundamental drivers, Commodities Strategy is not utilizing all of its potentials. The current stock price disturbance, may contribute to short-term losses for the investors.

Long Term Government

Risk-Adjusted Performance

OK

Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Long Term Government Fund are ranked lower than 8 (%) of all funds and portfolios of funds over the last 90 days. In spite of fairly strong basic indicators, Long-term is not utilizing all of its potentials. The current stock price disturbance, may contribute to short-term losses for the investors.

Pair Trading with Commodities Strategy and Long-term

The main advantage of trading using opposite Commodities Strategy and Long-term positions is that it hedges away some unsystematic risk. Because of two separate transactions, even if Commodities Strategy position performs unexpectedly, Long-term can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Long-term will offset losses from the drop in Long-term's long position.

The idea behind Commodities Strategy Fund and Long Term Government Fund pairs trading is to make the combined position market-neutral, meaning the overall market's direction will not affect its win or loss (or potential downside or upside). This can be achieved by designing a pairs trade with two highly correlated stocks or equities that operate in a similar space or sector, making it possible to obtain profits through simple and relatively low-risk investment.

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