Poplar Forest Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Poplar Forest Nerstone and Morgan Stanley Global is 0.56 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Poplar Forest 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.

Poplar Forest Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Poplar Forest Nerstone and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Poplar Forest Nerstone 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 Poplar Forest Nerstone. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with POPLAR Mutual Fund

  0.97PFPFX Poplar Forest PartnersPairCorr
  0.97IPFPX Poplar Forest PartnersPairCorr
  0.78FFIFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.78FAIFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.77IFACX Income FundPairCorr
  0.78IFAFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.78AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.77RIDBX Income FundPairCorr
  0.77CIMEX Income FundPairCorr
  0.78RIDFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.77CIMCX Income FundPairCorr
  0.78CIMFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.75LSHUX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.75LSHEX Kinetics Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.75LSHCX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.74WWNPX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.74KNPCX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.77OSPPX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.77SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.75LSHAX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.77SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.74KNPYX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.7PGAIX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.78ILESX Fisher InvestmentsPairCorr
  0.75SRORX Calamos AntetokounmpoPairCorr
  0.8VIIIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.82FSRFX Transportation PortfolioPairCorr
  0.82AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.68PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.89GAB Gabelli Equity TrustPairCorr
  0.88ANCIX Ancora MicrocapPairCorr
  0.63JRI Nuveen Real AssetPairCorr
  0.94AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.92WWLAX Westwood Largecap ValuePairCorr

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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 POPLAR Mutual Fund performing well and Poplar Forest 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 Poplar Forest'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.