Equity Income Correlations

GEQIX Fund  USD 14.66  0.12  0.83%   
The current 90-days correlation between Equity Income Portfolio and International Portfolio International is 0.68 (i.e., Poor 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 Portfolio and DJI is 0.86 (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 Portfolio and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Equity Income Portfolio. 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

  0.98NOVIX Glenmede InternationalPairCorr
  0.98RESGX Responsible Esg EquityPairCorr
  0.99GLSOX Secured Options PortfolioPairCorr
  0.99GQLVX Quantitative U SPairCorr
  0.93GQSCX Quantitative U SPairCorr
  0.99GTAPX Long/short PortfolioPairCorr
  0.72GTCEX Strategic Equity PorPairCorr
  0.94GTCIX International PortfolioPairCorr
  0.97GTCSX Small Cap EquityPairCorr
  0.64GTILX Large Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.99GTLIX Large Cap CorePairCorr
  0.97GTLLX Large Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.99GTLOX Large Cap EPairCorr
  0.99GTLSX Quantitative LongshortPairCorr
  0.99GTSOX Secured Options PortfolioPairCorr
  0.97GTSCX Small Cap EquityPairCorr
  0.99GTTMX Total Market PortfolioPairCorr
  0.86VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.93AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.93WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.81WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.93FWWMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.93FWMMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.91DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.97AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.69PDI Pimco Dynamic IncomePairCorr
  0.72PLBCX Pacific Funds FloatingPairCorr
  0.88BHYSX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr

Moving against Equity Mutual Fund

  0.98GWILX Woman In LeadershipPairCorr
  0.98TCTGX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.98TDKTX Cleartrack 2015 ClassPairCorr
  0.98TCTJX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.93TCSUX Cleartrack 2020 ClassPairCorr
  0.85UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.68CESGX Coho Relative ValuePairCorr
  0.63AMRMX American MutualPairCorr

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.