Merger Fund Correlations

MERIX Fund  USD 16.99  0.01  0.06%   
The current 90-days correlation between Merger Fund and The Merger Fund is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Merger Fund 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.

Merger Fund Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between The Merger Fund and DJI is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The Merger Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in The Merger 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Merger Mutual Fund

  0.92VMSSX Virtus Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.61SAMBX Ridgeworth Seix FloatingPairCorr
  0.64SAMHX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.96SSAGX Virtus Seix GovernmentPairCorr
  0.71PFSRX Virtus Senior FloatingPairCorr
  0.61HIBIX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.67HIMZX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.62STTBX Ridgeworth Seix InvePairCorr

Moving against Merger Mutual Fund

  0.72PXSGX Virtus Kar SmallPairCorr
  0.49SAGAX Ridgeworth InnovativePairCorr
  0.52SCATX Ridgeworth InnovativePairCorr
  0.48PICMX Virtus Kar MidPairCorr
  0.37PHSKX Virtus Kar MidPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Merger Mutual Fund performing well and Merger Fund 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 Merger Fund'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
MERFX  0.12  0.07 (0.09)(1.16) 0.00 
 0.18 
 3.48 
CALRX  0.98  0.09  0.15  0.13  0.62 
 2.11 
 16.42 
MSFAX  0.70  0.16  0.11 (1.03) 0.46 
 0.92 
 15.15 
CLMAX  0.14  0.01 (0.23) 0.19  0.04 
 0.36 
 1.06 
SINAX  0.70  0.19  0.20  0.61  0.29 
 1.23 
 12.68 
SAIFX  0.72  0.17  0.21  0.26  0.27 
 1.24 
 12.73 
GMDFX  0.19  0.08  0.03 (1.44) 0.00 
 0.56 
 1.38 
CSVIX  0.94  0.07  0.12  0.12  0.63 
 1.99 
 16.43 
ABSIX  0.78  0.04  0.06  0.10  0.82 
 2.14 
 7.39 
DREVX  0.80  0.16  0.13  0.29  0.77 
 1.54 
 11.83