Virtus High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Virtus High Yield and Guidemark Large Cap is 0.27 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Virtus 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.

Virtus High Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Virtus High Yield and DJI is 0.18 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Virtus High Yield 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 Virtus High Yield. 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Virtus Mutual Fund

  0.91VMSSX Virtus Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.83SSAGX Virtus Seix GovernmentPairCorr
  0.91WCFRX Virtus Westchester CreditPairCorr
  0.81VAADX Virtus ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.84SIGVX Ridgeworth Seix GovePairCorr
  0.73VLPIX Virtus Select MlpPairCorr
  0.87VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.65VWEHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.64BHYIX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.64BHYSX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.62BHYAX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.62AHTFX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.76VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.76VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.85LFRIX Floating RatePairCorr

Moving against Virtus Mutual Fund

  0.47USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.43VIESX Virtus Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.32VRREX Virtus Real EstatePairCorr
  0.47USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.32UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Virtus Mutual Fund performing well and Virtus 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 Virtus 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.