Highland Merger Correlations

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The correlation of Highland Merger 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 Merger Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Highland Merger Arbitrage and DJI is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Highland Merger Arbitrage 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 Merger Arbitrage. 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

  0.68HHCZX Highland Long/shortPairCorr
  0.68HHCAX Highland Long/shortPairCorr
  0.68HHCCX Highland Long/shortPairCorr
  1.0HMEAX Highland Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.99HMECX Highland Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.7HSZYX Highland Small CapPairCorr
  0.7HSZAX Highland Small CapPairCorr
  0.7HSZCX Highland Small CapPairCorr
  0.68MERIX Merger FundPairCorr
  0.65MERFX Merger FundPairCorr
  0.66VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.67VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.65VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.64ARBNX The ArbitragePairCorr
  0.83PFN Pimco Income StrategyPairCorr
  0.82XNKGX Nuveen Georgia QualityPairCorr
  0.72PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.75CMEUX Six Circles ManagedPairCorr
  0.66VWELX Vanguard WellingtonPairCorr
  0.63RYVYX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.68VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.71USPRX Sp 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.69PAHHX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.68FXAIX Fidelity 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.78FEMDX Franklin Emerging MarketPairCorr
  0.71INDEX Sp 500 EqualPairCorr

Moving against Highland Mutual Fund

  0.41XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.32XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Highland Mutual Fund performing well and Highland Merger 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 Merger'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.