Dodge Cox Correlations

DODWX Fund  USD 16.49  0.05  0.30%   
The current 90-days correlation between Dodge Global Stock and World Energy Fund is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Dodge Cox 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.

Dodge Cox Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dodge Global Stock and DJI is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dodge Global Stock 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 Dodge Global Stock. 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 housing.

Moving together with Dodge Mutual Fund

  0.9DODFX Dodge International StockPairCorr
  0.81DODEX Dodge Cox EmergingPairCorr
  0.9DOXFX Dodge Cox InternationalPairCorr
  1.0DOXWX Dodge Cox GlobalPairCorr
  0.76TEDRX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.77FMDRX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.87TRZRX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.76TEDIX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.77MDISX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.61TEDSX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.87PRAFX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.76FTYPX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.8FFBTX Fidelity Freedom BlendPairCorr
  0.75GQLOX Gmo Quality FundPairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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