Equity Income Correlations

AEIUX Fund  USD 8.76  0.06  0.69%   
The current 90-days correlation between Equity Income and Multisector Bond Sma is 0.2 (i.e., Modest 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 0.84 (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.
  
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Moving together with Equity Mutual Fund

  0.98AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.72AMKIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.83TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.96TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.98TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  1.0TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.73TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.82TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.83TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.97ANORX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.85ANTMX Nt International SmallPairCorr
  0.8AONIX One Choice PortfolioPairCorr
  0.74BCHIX California High YieldPairCorr
  0.93ARGVX One Choice 2060PairCorr
  0.84ARHVX American Century InvPairCorr
  0.93ARTOX One Choice InPairCorr
  0.98BEQGX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.93ASMDX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.99ASVIX Small Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.71ACECX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0AEIYX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.9AGGWX Global Gold Fund Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.86AHYVX High Yield FundPairCorr
  0.63CAYCX California High YieldPairCorr
  0.65CAYAX California High YieldPairCorr
  0.91VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.93AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.93WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.82WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.95FWWMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.95FWMMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr

Moving against Equity Mutual Fund

  0.76AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.4AIAVX Inflation Adjusted BondPairCorr

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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.