Dimensional Retirement Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dimensional Retirement and Franklin Federal Limited Term is 0.21 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Dimensional Retirement 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.

Dimensional Retirement Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Dimensional Retirement Income and NYA is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dimensional Retirement Income and NYA in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Dimensional Mutual Fund

  0.82DIHRX Intal High RelativePairCorr
  0.84DILRX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.89DIPSX Dfa Inflation ProtectedPairCorr
  0.7DISVX Dfa International SmallPairCorr
  0.84DISMX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.68DMNBX Dfa Mn MunicipalPairCorr
  0.64DNYMX Dfa Ny MunicipalPairCorr
  0.79DREIX World Core EquityPairCorr
  0.8DRIIX Dimensional 2045 TargetPairCorr
  0.85DRIHX Dimensional 2040 TargetPairCorr
  0.87DRIGX Dimensional 2035 TargetPairCorr
  0.89DRIBX Dimensional 2010 TargetPairCorr
  0.93DRIWX Dimensional 2030 TargetPairCorr
  0.94DRIUX Dimensional 2025 TargetPairCorr
  0.89DRIRX Dimensional 2020 TargetPairCorr
  0.89DRIQX Dimensional 2015 TargetPairCorr
  0.85DRILX Dimensional 2060 TargetPairCorr
  0.85DRIKX Dimensional 2055 TargetPairCorr
  0.8DRIJX Dimensional 2050 TargetPairCorr
  0.68DAADX Dfa Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.64DAABX Dfa SustainabilityPairCorr
  0.76DRXIX Dfa Ltip PortfolioPairCorr
  0.84DSCLX Dfa International SocialPairCorr
  0.67DSCGX Dfa SmallPairCorr
  0.9DSFIX Dfa Social FixedPairCorr
  0.79DSHGX Dfa Selectively HedgedPairCorr
  0.79DTDRX Dimensional 2065 TargetPairCorr
  0.79DURPX Us High RelativePairCorr
  0.77DUSQX Us Lg CapPairCorr
  0.81DUSLX Dfa LargePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dimensional Mutual Fund performing well and Dimensional Retirement 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 Dimensional Retirement'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.