Icon Bond Correlations

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The correlation of Icon Bond 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.

Icon Bond Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Icon Bond Fund and DJI is 0.33 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Icon Bond Fund 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 Icon Bond Fund. 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 Icon Mutual Fund

  0.99IOBZX Icon Bond FundPairCorr
  0.84PONAX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.82PONCX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.87PIPNX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.84PONRX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.87PONPX Pimco Incme FundPairCorr
  0.87PIINX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.87PIMIX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.7LBNDX Lord Abbett BondPairCorr
  0.63FSTAX Fidelity Advisor StrPairCorr
  0.65FSRIX Fidelity Advisor StrPairCorr
  0.68RYMEX Commodities StrategyPairCorr
  0.68RYMJX Commodities StrategyPairCorr
  0.68RYMBX Commodities StrategyPairCorr
  0.92FGUAX Federated GovernmentPairCorr
  0.84PPARX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.9BXMYX Blackstone AlternativePairCorr
  0.71JVANX John Hancock VariablePairCorr
  0.98SMDSX Alpssmith Short DurationPairCorr
  0.83NPSRX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.88GGMPX Goldman Sachs HighPairCorr
  0.95RPIHX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.71JSOCX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr

Moving against Icon Mutual Fund

  0.54ICFAX Icon FinancialPairCorr
  0.54ICFSX Icon FinancialPairCorr
  0.42ISTAX Icon Long/shortPairCorr
  0.34ICBAX Icon Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.33ICBMX Icon Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.55SPGSX State Street PremierPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Icon Mutual Fund performing well and Icon Bond 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 Icon Bond'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.