Money Market Correlations

GOAXX Fund  USD 1.00  0.00  0.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between Money Market Obligations and Vanguard Total Stock is -0.16 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Money Market 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.

Money Market Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Money Market Obligations and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Money Market Obligations and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Money Market Obligations. Also, note that the market value of any money market fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in interest.

Moving together with Money Money Market Fund

  1.0UPRXX Ubs Money SeriesPairCorr

Moving against Money Money Market Fund

  0.54PFHCX Pacific Funds SmallPairCorr
  0.43VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.41VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.39NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr

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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   
VFIAXVTSAX
VTSMXVTSAX
VITSXVTSAX
VSTSXVTSAX
VSMPXVTSAX
VFINXVTSAX
  
High negative correlations   
VTIAXVFINX
VTIAXVITSX
VTIAXVFIAX
VTIAXVTSAX
VTIAXVFFSX
VGTSXVFINX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Money Money Market Fund performing well and Money Market Money Market 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 Money Market'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
VTSAX  0.57  0.06  0.05  0.52  0.77 
 1.08 
 5.94 
VFIAX  0.54  0.06  0.05  0.59  0.74 
 1.09 
 5.48 
VTSMX  0.56  0.06  0.04  0.50  0.77 
 1.08 
 5.94 
VITSX  0.57  0.06  0.05  0.52  0.77 
 1.08 
 5.95 
VSTSX  0.56  0.06  0.04  0.50  0.77 
 1.09 
 5.94 
VSMPX  0.56  0.06  0.04  0.50  0.77 
 1.09 
 5.94 
VFINX  0.54  0.06  0.05  0.58  0.74 
 1.09 
 5.48 
VFFSX  0.53  0.06  0.04  0.58  0.75 
 1.09 
 5.48 
VGTSX  0.56 (0.12) 0.00 (1.40) 0.00 
 0.97 
 4.43 
VTIAX  0.54 (0.09) 0.00 (1.00) 0.00 
 0.96 
 4.45