Virtus Westchester Correlations

WCFIX Fund  USD 11.75  0.03  0.26%   
The current 90-days correlation between Virtus Westchester Credit and Blackrock Strategic Income is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Virtus Westchester 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 Westchester Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Virtus Westchester Credit and DJI is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Virtus Westchester Credit and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Virtus Westchester Credit. 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 Virtus Mutual Fund

  0.73JSORX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.74JSOZX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.7JSOCX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.68JSOSX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.71JSOAX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.94VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.93VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.94VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.94VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.94VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.94VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.93VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.93VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.72DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.85BDJ Blackrock Enhanced EquityPairCorr
  0.81JILGX Multimanager LifestylePairCorr
  0.9MLUFX Massmutual Select MidPairCorr
  0.94AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.93PRWAX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.76FMAGX Fidelity MagellanPairCorr
  0.7NEXTX Shelton Green AlphaPairCorr
  0.77ANPRX Allianzgi Nfj MidPairCorr
  0.78GMAWX Gmo Small CapPairCorr
  0.75NSBFX Nuveen Santa BarbaraPairCorr
  0.87TNHIX 1290 High YieldPairCorr
  0.64PHK Pimco High IncomePairCorr
  0.76FLTTX Wisdomtree Floating RatePairCorr
  0.95VIGIX Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr

Moving against Virtus Mutual Fund

  0.6PMZCX Pimco Mortgage OpporPairCorr
  0.53VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.53VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr

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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.
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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