Equity Income Correlations

ACIIX Fund  USD 9.21  0.03  0.33%   
The current 90-days correlation between Equity Income and Select Fund Investor is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Equity Income 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.

Equity Income Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Equity Income Fund and DJI is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Equity Income Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Equity Income 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Equity Mutual Fund

  0.89AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.98AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.88AMKIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.91TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.63TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.88TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.86TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.99AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.99AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.99AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.89TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.89TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.84TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.61TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.86TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.88TWMIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.84TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.87TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.88TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.9TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.91TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.86TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.91TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.88TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.86TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.89NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.9ANORX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.67ANONX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Equity Mutual Fund

  0.53TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.53TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.46TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.47TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.41TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Equity Mutual Fund performing well and Equity Income 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 Equity Income'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.