Heartland Value Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Heartland Value Plus and Heartland Value Fund is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Heartland Value 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.

Heartland Value Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Heartland Value Plus and DJI is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Heartland Value Plus 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 Heartland Value Plus. 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 HEARTLAND Mutual Fund

  0.75HNMDX Heartland Mid CapPairCorr
  0.68HNTVX Heartland ValuePairCorr
  0.63HNVIX Heartland Value PlusPairCorr
  0.75HRMDX Heartland Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97HRTVX Heartland ValuePairCorr
  0.93VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.93DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.94UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.94UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.99AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.63SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.75RSNYX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.75RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.75RGNCX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.67LSHEX Kinetics Spin OffPairCorr

Moving against HEARTLAND Mutual Fund

  0.6QLENX Aqr Long ShortPairCorr
  0.59MIXAX Mainstay Indexed BondPairCorr
  0.71QMNNX Aqr Equity MarketPairCorr
  0.61GMOIX Gmo International EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between HEARTLAND Mutual Fund performing well and Heartland Value 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 Heartland Value'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.