Ivy Balanced Correlations

IBNYX Fund  USD 23.44  0.16  0.69%   
The current 90-days correlation between Ivy Balanced and Scharf Global Opportunity is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Ivy Balanced 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.

Ivy Balanced Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Ivy Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Ivy Balanced Fund 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 Ivy Balanced 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Ivy Mutual Fund

  0.81ILGRX Ivy Large CapPairCorr
  0.76WRGCX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.61WRHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.76WSCYX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.76WSGRX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.79WASCX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.77WASYX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.91WSTRX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.91WSTYX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.9WSTCX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.69INRSX Ivy Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.97WCEYX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.77IRGFX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.77IASTX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.78IASRX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.83ISPVX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  1.0IBARX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.91ISTIX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.91ISTNX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.66WHIYX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  1.0IBNCX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.88ITGRX Ivy Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.97ICEQX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.97ICIEX Ivy E EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Ivy Mutual Fund performing well and Ivy Balanced 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 Ivy Balanced'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.