Icon Bond Correlations

IOBZX Fund  USD 8.58  0.05  0.58%   
The current 90-days correlation between Icon Bond Fund and Icon Information Technology is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Icon Bond Fund and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor 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

  1.0IOBAX Icon Bond FundPairCorr
  0.95IOEZX Icon Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.88IOLZX Icon Long/shortPairCorr
  0.87ISTAX Icon Long/shortPairCorr
  0.95ICBAX Icon Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.95ICBMX Icon Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.64ICTEX Icon Information TecPairCorr
  0.62ICTTX Icon Information TecPairCorr
  0.79ICTVX Icon UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.79ICTUX Icon Utilities AndPairCorr
  0.95IEQAX Icon Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.94PONAX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.94PONCX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.95PIPNX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.94PONRX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.95PONPX Pimco Incme FundPairCorr
  0.95PIINX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.95PIMIX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.97LBNDX Lord Abbett BondPairCorr
  0.96FSTAX Fidelity Advisor StrPairCorr
  0.96FSRIX Fidelity Advisor StrPairCorr
  0.79MGGYX Mirova Global GreenPairCorr
  0.97HLDIX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.97HLDRX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.97HLDAX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.97HLDCX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.97HLDTX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.94NWJVX Nationwide Highmark ShortPairCorr
  0.97FSNPX Fidelity Freedom 2025PairCorr
  0.95GMOIX Gmo International EquityPairCorr
  0.92PCEQX Pioneer Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.75GSPKX Goldman Sachs EquityPairCorr
  0.96XCEEX Central EuropePairCorr

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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.