Prospect Capital Correlations

PSEC-PA Preferred Stock   19.05  0.55  2.97%   
The current 90-days correlation between Prospect Capital and PennyMac Mortgage Investment is 0.2 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Prospect Capital 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.

Prospect Capital Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Prospect Capital and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Prospect Capital and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Prospect Preferred Stock

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  0.75ECF-PA Ellsworth GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Prospect Preferred Stock

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  0.38TRAC Track DataPairCorr
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  0.33BY Byline Bancorp Fiscal Year End 23rd of January 2025 PairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Prospect Preferred Stock performing well and Prospect Capital Company 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 Prospect Capital'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.

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Prospect Capital Corporate Management

Michael EliasekCOO PresProfile
Bart JDManaging DirectorProfile
Jonathan LiChief CounselProfile
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