Virtus Emerging Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Virtus Emerging Markets and Metropolitan West Total is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Virtus Emerging 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 Emerging Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Virtus Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Virtus Emerging Markets and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Virtus Emerging Markets. 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 population.

Moving together with Virtus Mutual Fund

  0.77VMSAX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.63VMSSX Virtus Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.78SAMFX Ridgeworth Seix TotalPairCorr
  0.78SAMZX Ridgeworth Seix TotalPairCorr
  0.67PXIIX Virtus Rampart EnhancedPairCorr
  0.77SAVAX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.78SAVCX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.77SAVYX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.66PGICX Virtus Rampart EnhancedPairCorr
  0.75PGIUX Virtus Global InfrasPairCorr
  0.63HIBIX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.75PGUAX Virtus Global InfrasPairCorr
  0.75PGUCX Virtus Global InfrasPairCorr
  0.77STGIX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.78STGZX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.76STIGX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.65HIMZX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.64STTBX Ridgeworth Seix InvePairCorr

Moving against Virtus Mutual Fund

  0.46SAGAX Ridgeworth Innovative Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.38STCZX Ridgeworth Silvant LargePairCorr
  0.32PXSGX Virtus Kar SmallPairCorr
  0.46SCATX Ridgeworth Innovative Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.44PHSKX Virtus Kar MidPairCorr
  0.38STCAX Ridgeworth Silvant LargePairCorr
  0.38STCIX Ridgeworth Silvant LargePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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