Boston Trust Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Boston Trust Smid and Walden Midcap Fund is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Boston Trust 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.

Boston Trust Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Boston Trust Smid and DJI is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Boston Trust Smid and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Boston Mutual Fund

  1.0WAMFX Walden MidcapPairCorr
  0.88WSBFX Walden Asset ManagementPairCorr
  0.95WSEFX Walden EquityPairCorr
  1.0WASMX Walden Smid CapPairCorr
  0.97BTBFX Boston Trust AssetPairCorr
  0.97BTEFX Boston Trust EquityPairCorr
  1.0BTMFX Boston Trust MidcapPairCorr
  0.94BOSOX Boston Trust SmallPairCorr
  0.98VIMAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98VIMSX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.95VMCPX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98VMCIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.95VEXAX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.98VEMPX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.95VIEIX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.98VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.98VEXMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.95FSMAX Fidelity Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.62PFN Pimco Income StrategyPairCorr
  0.73XNKGX Nuveen Georgia QualityPairCorr
  0.88XPPRX Voya Prime Rate Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.84PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.92TINRX Tiaa Cref EquityPairCorr
  0.95VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.82JAAAX Alternative AssetPairCorr
  0.97NQCRX Nuveen Nwq LargePairCorr
  0.76LPXIX Cohen Steers LowPairCorr
  0.89DNSPX Dunham Enhanced MarketPairCorr
  0.79CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.91VLISX Vanguard Large CapPairCorr

Moving against Boston Mutual Fund

  0.49XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.46XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr
  0.39NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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