High Income Correlations

NPHIX Fund  USD 8.71  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between High Income Fund and Blackrock High Yield is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of High Income 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.

High Income Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between High Income Fund and DJI is -0.06 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding High Income 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 High Income 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 High Mutual Fund

  0.72AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.63AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.69AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.68TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.67AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.65AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.68TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.66AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.77TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.74TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.66TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.8TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.75TWSAX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.78TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.68TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr

Moving against High Mutual Fund

  0.34ANTUX Nt Non IntrinsicPairCorr

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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   
LBHIXBHYAX
MSTSXBHYAX
LBHIXMSTSX
ABHYXLBHIX
ABHYXBHYAX
ABHYXMSTSX
  
High negative correlations   
VIASPSCAXF
444859BR2BHYAX
MSTSX444859BR2
LBHIX444859BR2
144285AL7VIASP
MSTSXBRRAY

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between High Mutual Fund performing well and High Income 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 High Income'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
BHYAX  0.13  0.02 (0.30)(0.73) 0.00 
 0.28 
 0.85 
444859BR2  1.32  0.04  0.00  0.04  0.00 
 5.93 
 16.62 
AQUI  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
BRRAY  1.27 (0.10) 0.00  0.01  0.00 
 0.00 
 34.02 
MSTSX  0.49 (0.03)(0.09) 0.05  0.52 
 1.21 
 2.80 
LBHIX  0.11  0.00 (0.27) 0.00  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.96 
ABHYX  0.16  0.00 (0.17) 0.11  0.26 
 0.34 
 1.91 
SCAXF  0.70 (0.40) 0.00 (1.01) 0.00 
 0.00 
 23.47 
VIASP  0.75  0.14  0.04 (6.44) 1.01 
 2.28 
 7.18 
144285AL7  0.36 (0.02) 0.00  4.40  0.00 
 0.96 
 2.51