Metropolitan West Correlations

MWHIX Fund  USD 9.34  0.00  0.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between Metropolitan West High and Federated Total Return is 0.18 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Metropolitan West 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.

Metropolitan West Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Metropolitan West High and DJI is -0.02 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Metropolitan West High 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 Metropolitan West High. 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 Metropolitan Mutual Fund

  0.71MWCIX Metropolitan WestPairCorr
  0.92MWHYX Metropolitan West HighPairCorr
  0.63MWSIX Metropolitan WestPairCorr
  0.83MWUIX Metropolitan West UltraPairCorr
  0.86MWUSX Metropolitan West UltraPairCorr
  0.71MWSTX Metropolitan WestPairCorr
  0.91VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.9VWEHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.83BHYCX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.84BHYIX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.82BHYSX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.82BHYAX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.84FAHHX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.79FTAHX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.86AHTFX American High IncomePairCorr

Moving against Metropolitan Mutual Fund

  0.51KF Korea ClosedPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Metropolitan Mutual Fund performing well and Metropolitan West 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 Metropolitan West'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.