High Income Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between High Income Fund and Federated High Yield is 0.45 (i.e., Very 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between High Income Fund and DJI is 0.47 (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

  0.87BHYCX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.95BHYIX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.88BHYSX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.87BHYAX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.91AHTFX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.91AHTCX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.91AHITX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.94VWEHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.94VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.93PHYZX Prudential High YieldPairCorr
  0.73SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.81RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.81RSNYX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.81RGNCX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.71OSPPX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.71MLPNX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.69MLPLX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.8FSELX Fidelity Select SemiPairCorr
  0.7MLPMX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.7AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.66JPM JPMorgan Chase Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

Moving against High Mutual Fund

  0.45PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.43HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.31MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr

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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.