Equity Income Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Equity Income and Dunham High Yield is 0.27 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Equity 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.

Equity Income Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Equity Income Fund and DJI is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Equity Income Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Equity Mutual Fund

  0.88SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.88SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.87SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.87PFIJX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.91PFIEX International EquityPairCorr
  0.89PFIFX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.91PFISX International Small PanyPairCorr
  0.88PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.88SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.9PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.87SAUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.97PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.97PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.81PGDRX Diversified Real AssetPairCorr
  0.89STCCX Short Term IncomePairCorr
  0.91PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.89SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.89SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.89SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.9PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.89PHJFX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.9PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.9PHJBX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.9PHJDX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.9PHJNX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.9PHJQX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.9PHJJX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.9PHJMX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.9PHJYX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.9PHJTX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.9PHSPX Pimco High YieldPairCorr
  0.9PHTJX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.86SCUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Equity Mutual Fund performing well and Equity 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 Equity 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.