Icon Natural Correlations

ICBAX Fund  USD 16.61  0.35  2.15%   
The current 90-days correlation between Icon Natural Resources and Icon Financial Fund is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Icon Natural 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.

Icon Natural Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Icon Natural Resources and DJI is 0.62 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Icon Natural Resources 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 Icon Natural Resources. 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 nation.

Moving together with Icon Mutual Fund

  0.92IOLZX Icon LongshortPairCorr
  0.92ISTAX Icon LongshortPairCorr
  1.0ICBMX Icon Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.86ICFAX Icon FinancialPairCorr
  0.86ICFSX Icon FinancialPairCorr
  0.92ICTEX Icon Information TecPairCorr
  0.92ICTTX Icon Information TecPairCorr
  0.7VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.86GEACX Gmo TrustPairCorr
  0.86GAAHX Gmo ResourcesPairCorr
  0.84GMOWX Gmo ResourcesPairCorr

Moving against Icon Mutual Fund

  0.43ICTVX Icon UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.43ICTUX Icon Utilities AndPairCorr
  0.59HOSGX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.55PRCIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.53FTIAX Federated Short TermPairCorr
  0.53GILDX Guggenheim LimitedPairCorr
  0.5SWFCX Sentinel InternationalPairCorr
  0.48FCBCX Nuveen Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.36PDI Pimco Dynamic Income Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.35JIEZX Jpmorgan InternationalPairCorr
  0.34PISHX Cohen Steers PreferredPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Icon Mutual Fund performing well and Icon Natural 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 Icon Natural'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.