High Income Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between High Income Fund and Barings Global Floating is 0.03 (i.e., Significant 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between High Income Fund and DJI is 0.59 (i.e., Very weak 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 World Market Map 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

  0.67UISBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.63URGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.99URHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.66URSBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.68URUSX Ultra Short TermPairCorr
  0.69UUSIX Ultra Short TermPairCorr
  0.84BHYCX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.83BHYIX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.83BHYSX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.83BHYAX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.79AHTFX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.73AHTCX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.73AHITX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.8VWEHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.8VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.84PHYZX Prudential High YieldPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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 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.