Prudential High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Prudential High Yield and T Rowe Price is -0.2 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Prudential High 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.

Prudential High Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Prudential High Yield and DJI is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Prudential High Yield and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Prudential Mutual Fund

  0.97AHTCX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.98BHYCX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.67BHYIX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.98BHYSX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.98BHYAX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.97AHTFX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.97AHITX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.96VWEHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.96VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.98PHYZX Prudential High YieldPairCorr
  0.67VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.67VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.62VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.95VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.95VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.95VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.62VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.68CVX Chevron Corp Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.85BA Boeing Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.63WMT Walmart Common Stock Sell-off TrendPairCorr

Moving against Prudential Mutual Fund

  0.48T ATT Inc Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.41HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.31TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Prudential Mutual Fund performing well and Prudential High 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 Prudential High'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.