Harbor Diversified Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Harbor Diversified and Vanguard Financials Index is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Harbor Diversified 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.

Harbor Diversified Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Harbor Diversified Internation and DJI is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Harbor Diversified Internation 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 Harbor Diversified International. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Harbor Mutual Fund

  0.88HIINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.83HIISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.84HNISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  1.0HRIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.95HRINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.96HAINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.84HAISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  1.0HAIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.94HAONX Harbor OverseasPairCorr

Moving against Harbor Mutual Fund

  0.42HICSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.41HNCVX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.39HIIGX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.42HACSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.39HAIGX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.38HRIGX Harbor InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Harbor Mutual Fund performing well and Harbor Diversified 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 Harbor Diversified'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.