Plumb Balanced Correlations

PLBBX Fund  USD 40.84  0.39  0.95%   
The current 90-days correlation between Plumb Balanced and Plumb Equity Fund is 0.98 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Plumb Balanced 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.

Plumb Balanced Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Plumb Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Plumb Balanced Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Plumb Balanced Fund. 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Plumb Mutual Fund

  1.0PLBEX Plumb EquityPairCorr
  0.96PLABX Plumb BalancedPairCorr
  0.91PLAEX Plumb EquityPairCorr
  1.0PLIBX Plumb BalancedPairCorr
  1.0PLIEX Plumb EquityPairCorr
  0.82FBONX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.82FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.88ABALX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.81BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.88BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.81RLBCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.86RLBBX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.88CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.87CLBEX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.82RLBFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.76FTCAX Templeton Strained BondPairCorr
  0.88PYARX Payden Absolute ReturnPairCorr
  0.85BCAAX Brandywineglobal CPairCorr
  0.91MLUFX Massmutual Select MidPairCorr
  0.83JHEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.95CMGIX Blackrock Mid CapPairCorr
  0.87FTQGX Fidelity Focused StockPairCorr
  0.94FIVUX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.66HIX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.92WCPSX Mobile Telecommunicatio Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.91BTCVX Cboe Vest BitcoinPairCorr
  0.71NEXTX Shelton Green AlphaPairCorr
  0.86FGB First Trust SpecialtyPairCorr
  0.98VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9KNPAX Kinetics ParadigmPairCorr
  0.8TNHIX 1290 High YieldPairCorr
  0.84FMAGX Fidelity MagellanPairCorr
  0.86RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr

Moving against Plumb Mutual Fund

  0.94USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.94USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.95UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr

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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   
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VLAAXPLBEX
SIBAXVLAAX
CBLAXVLAAX
CBLAXPLBEX
CBLAXSIBAX
  
High negative correlations   
PTIAXPLBEX
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Plumb Mutual Fund performing well and Plumb Balanced 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 Plumb Balanced'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.