High Income Correlations

UIHIX Fund  USD 6.92  0.01  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between High Income Fund and Intermediate Term Bond Fund is 0.36 (i.e., Weak 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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between High Income Fund and DJI is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no 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

  0.89UICGX Capital GrowthPairCorr
  0.96UIEMX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.93UIIFX International FundPairCorr
  0.87UIGIX Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.82UIGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.76UIINX Income Fund IncomePairCorr
  0.92UIISX Income StockPairCorr
  0.71UIITX Intermediate Term BondPairCorr
  0.89UIPMX Precious Metals And Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.9UISBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.93UISCX Small Cap StockPairCorr
  0.89UIVAX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.88UIWGX World GrowthPairCorr
  0.72URIBX Intermediate Term BondPairCorr
  0.72URIFX Income Fund IncomePairCorr
  0.81URGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  1.0URHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.89URSBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.93URUSX Ultra Short TermPairCorr
  0.79USPRX Sp 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.94UTMAX Target Managed AllocationPairCorr
  0.92UUSIX Ultra Short TermPairCorr
  0.94UGOFX Global Managed VolatilityPairCorr
  0.96AHTFX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.96AHTCX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.96AHITX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.95BHYCX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.96BHYIX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.96BHYSX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.96BHYAX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.96VWEHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.96VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.97PHYZX Prudential High YieldPairCorr
  0.93FSMMX Fs Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.95BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.95BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr

Moving against High Mutual Fund

  0.47UIGRX Growth Fund GrowthPairCorr
  0.57UIAGX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr

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.