Highland Long/short Correlations

HHCZX Fund  USD 16.55  0.04  0.24%   
The current 90-days correlation between Highland Long/short and Jpmorgan High Yield is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Highland Long/short 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.

Highland Long/short Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Highland Longshort Healthcare and DJI is 0.28 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Highland Longshort Healthcare 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 Longshort Healthcare. 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 nation.

Moving together with Highland Mutual Fund

  0.89HHCAX Highland Long/shortPairCorr
  0.98HHCCX Highland Long/shortPairCorr
  0.71HSZYX Highland Small CapPairCorr
  0.67HSZAX Highland Small CapPairCorr
  0.72HSZCX Highland Small CapPairCorr
  0.61ARBNX Arbitrage FundPairCorr
  0.63LSHCX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Highland Mutual Fund

  0.35HMECX Highland Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.35HMEZX Highland Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.34HMEAX Highland Merger ArbitragePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Highland Mutual Fund performing well and Highland Long/short 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 Highland Long/short'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.