Icon Bond Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Icon Bond Fund and Eaton Vance Worldwide is 0.09 (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 0.87 (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

  0.98IOBAX Icon Bond FundPairCorr
  0.93IOEZX Icon Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.89IOLZX Icon Long/shortPairCorr
  0.88ISTAX Icon Long/shortPairCorr
  0.94ICBAX Icon Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.94ICBMX Icon Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.75ICFAX Icon FinancialPairCorr
  0.75ICFSX Icon FinancialPairCorr
  0.81ICTEX Icon Information TecPairCorr
  0.8ICTTX Icon Information TecPairCorr
  0.93IEQAX Icon Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.93PONAX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.93PONCX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.93PIPNX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.92PONRX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.93PONPX Pimco Incme FundPairCorr
  0.93PIINX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.92PIMIX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.94LBNDX Lord Abbett BondPairCorr
  0.93FSTAX Fidelity Advisor StrPairCorr
  0.93FSRIX Fidelity Advisor StrPairCorr
  0.83SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.86SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.94RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.95RSNYX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.95RGNCX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.84MLPNX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.84SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.83MLPLX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.83SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.96PMPIX Precious Metals UltrPairCorr
  0.93VOLMX Volumetric Fund VoluPairCorr
  0.88ARBCX The ArbitragePairCorr
  0.95FSLSX Fidelity Advisor ValuePairCorr
  0.84JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.8GSXIX Aberdeen Small CapPairCorr

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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.