Basic Materials Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Basic Materials and Basic Materials Fund is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Basic Materials 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.

Basic Materials Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Basic Materials Fund and DJI is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Basic Materials Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Basic Mutual Fund

  1.0RYBAX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  1.0RYBMX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.63RYBHX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  1.0RYBIX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.61RYAHX Mid Cap 15x Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.71RYAUX Utilities Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.67RYATX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.71RYANX Nova Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.7RYAWX Sp 500 PurePairCorr
  0.63RYDHX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.61RYDCX Mid Cap 15x Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.63RYDKX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.7RYCHX Technology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.72RYCCX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr

Moving against Basic Mutual Fund

  0.74RYACX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.74RYAIX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.74RYALX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.74RYAPX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.73RYARX Inverse Sp 500PairCorr
  0.63RYAGX Inverse Mid CapPairCorr
  0.53RYABX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.52RYAFX Inverse Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.69RYCDX Rydex Inverse NasdaqPairCorr
  0.68RYCBX Inverse Sp 500PairCorr
  0.64RYCWX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr
  0.64RYCZX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr
  0.63RYCLX Inverse Mid CapPairCorr
  0.53RYCGX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.53RYCQX Inverse Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.53RYGBX Government Long BondPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Basic Mutual Fund performing well and Basic Materials 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 Basic Materials' 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.