World Ex Correlations

DFWIX Fund  USD 13.56  0.11  0.80%   
The current 90-days correlation between World Ex Core and Intal High Relative is 0.95 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of World Ex 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.

World Ex Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between World Ex Core and DJI is 0.28 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding World Ex Core and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in World Ex Core. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with World Mutual Fund

  0.94DIHRX Intal High RelativePairCorr
  0.94DILRX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.75DIPSX Dfa Inflation ProtectedPairCorr
  0.95DISVX Dfa International SmallPairCorr
  0.95DISMX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.61DRIBX Dimensional 2010 TargetPairCorr
  0.67DRIWX Dimensional 2030 TargetPairCorr
  0.71DRIUX Dimensional 2025 TargetPairCorr
  0.72DRIRX Dimensional 2020 TargetPairCorr
  0.7DRIQX Dimensional 2015 TargetPairCorr
  0.92DAADX Dfa Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.65DRXIX Dfa Ltip PortfolioPairCorr
  0.95DSCLX Dfa International SocialPairCorr
  0.63DSFIX Dfa Social FixedPairCorr
  0.9DEMSX Emerging Markets SmallPairCorr
  0.76DEMGX Emerging Markets TargetedPairCorr

Moving against World Mutual Fund

  0.6DNYMX Dfa Ny MunicipalPairCorr
  0.5DAABX Dfa SustainabilityPairCorr
  0.5DTCPX Dfa Targeted CreditPairCorr
  0.45DUSQX Us Lg CapPairCorr
  0.43DSCGX Dfa SmallPairCorr
  0.41DCARX Dfa California MunicipalPairCorr
  0.38DURPX Us High RelativePairCorr
  0.36DUSLX Dfa LargePairCorr

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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   
DILRXDIHRX
DISMXDIHRX
DISMXDILRX
DISMXDISVX
DISVXDIHRX
DISVXDILRX
  
High negative correlations   
DNYMXDIHRX
DNYMXDILRX
DNYMXDISMX
DNYMXDISVX
DNYMXDIPSX
DMREXDIPSX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between World Mutual Fund performing well and World Ex 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 World Ex'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
DIHRX  0.61 (0.05)(0.15)(0.03) 0.78 
 1.33 
 4.35 
DILRX  0.64 (0.05)(0.14)(0.01) 0.77 
 1.34 
 4.34 
DIPSX  0.22 (0.04) 0.00 (0.63) 0.00 
 0.36 
 1.17 
DISVX  0.63 (0.04) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 1.42 
 4.67 
DISMX  0.56 (0.04)(0.18)(0.01) 0.63 
 1.38 
 3.80 
DMNBX  0.02 (0.01)(0.73) 2.00  0.05 
 0.10 
 0.51 
DMREX  0.06 (0.02) 0.00 (0.54) 0.00 
 0.09 
 1.56 
DNYMX  0.03 (0.01) 0.00 (1.10) 0.00 
 0.10 
 0.30 
DOGMX  0.06 (0.01) 0.00  0.44  0.00 
 0.10 
 0.71 
DREIX  0.47  0.03 (0.02) 0.16  0.36 
 1.13 
 3.13