Highland Global Correlations

HGLB Fund  USD 7.54  0.04  0.53%   
The current 90-days correlation between Highland Global Allo and Morningstar Unconstrained Allocation is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Highland Global 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.

Highland Global Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Highland Global Allocation and DJI is 0.39 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Highland Global Allocation 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 Highland Global Allocation. Also, note that the market value of any fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with Highland Fund

  0.78RIRAX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.79RIREX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.77RIRCX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.77RIRFX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.79CIRCX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.77CIREX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.79RIRBX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.79CAIFX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.77CIRFX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.79CIRAX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.76PDI Pimco Dynamic IncomePairCorr
  0.65RIV Rivernorth OpportunitiesPairCorr

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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 Highland Fund performing well and Highland Global 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 Highland Global'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
444859BR2  1.31 (0.03) 0.00  0.36  0.00 
 5.93 
 16.62 
AQUI  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
BRRAY  1.27 (0.11) 0.00  0.01  0.00 
 0.00 
 34.02 
MSTSX  0.49  0.04 (0.11)(0.30) 0.52 
 1.21 
 2.80 
ABHYX  0.16  0.00 (0.20) 0.08  0.26 
 0.34 
 1.91 
LBHIX  0.11  0.01 (0.32) 0.44  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.96 
SCAXF  0.70 (0.40) 0.00 (1.01) 0.00 
 0.00 
 23.47 
VIASP  0.74  0.11  0.01 (3.65) 1.04 
 2.28 
 7.18 
AAEVX  0.51  0.06 (0.07)(0.73) 0.55 
 1.07 
 3.24 
RRTLX  0.24  0.00 (0.27) 0.99  0.26 
 0.56 
 1.37