Highland Floating Correlations

HLFZX Fund   8.21  0.01  0.12%   
The current 90-days correlation between Highland Floating Rate and Harding Loevner Funds is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Highland Floating 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 Floating Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Highland Floating Rate and DJI is 0.44 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Highland Floating Rate 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 Floating Rate. 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

  0.89HLCTX Harding Loevner FundsPairCorr
  0.85HLFFX Harding Loevner FrontierPairCorr
  1.0HLFMX Harding Loevner FrontierPairCorr
  0.88HLIZX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.91HLIDX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.88HLMIX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.89HLMNX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  1.0HLMOX Harding Loevner FrontierPairCorr
  0.9HLMRX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.9HLMSX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.83HLRZX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.91HLXCX Harding Loevner FundsPairCorr
  0.62FWWNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.62FNFWX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.62NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.62NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.64NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.62ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr

Moving against Highland Mutual Fund

  0.5INPIX Internet UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.5INPSX Internet UltrasectorPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Highland Mutual Fund performing well and Highland Floating 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 Floating'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
HLCTX  0.65 (0.11) 0.00 (0.13) 0.00 
 1.68 
 4.28 
HLEMX  0.71 (0.06)(0.13) 0.00  0.88 
 1.41 
 4.55 
HLFFX  0.34 (0.06) 0.00 (0.62) 0.00 
 0.71 
 2.15 
HLFZX  0.32 (0.08) 0.00 (0.19) 0.00 
 0.71 
 2.15 
HLIZX  0.64 (0.11) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.59 
 4.11 
HLIDX  0.64 (0.13) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 1.52 
 4.06 
HLMVX  0.61 (0.07)(0.10) 0.03  0.87 
 1.23 
 4.19 
HLMCX  1.58  0.17  0.04  0.65  1.71 
 4.54 
 12.42 
HLMGX  0.61 (0.07)(0.11) 0.02  0.86 
 1.24 
 4.19 
HLMIX  0.64 (0.12) 0.00 (0.13) 0.00 
 1.59 
 4.08