James Alpha Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between James Alpha Managed and Global Diversified Income is 0.29 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of James Alpha 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.

James Alpha Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between James Alpha Managed and DJI is 0.66 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding James Alpha Managed 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 James Alpha Managed. 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 income.

Moving together with James Mutual Fund

  1.0JDCEX James Alpha ManagedPairCorr
  1.0JDIEX James Alpha ManagedPairCorr
  1.0JDSEX James Alpha ManagedPairCorr
  0.83JHQCX Jpmorgan Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.84JHEQX Jpmorgan Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.84JHQAX Jpmorgan Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.92GTENX Gateway Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91GTECX Gateway Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.92GTEYX Gateway Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91GATEX Gateway Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.88JHDCX Jpmorgan Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.87JHDRX Jpmorgan Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.87JHDAX Jpmorgan Hedged EquityPairCorr

Moving against James Mutual Fund

  0.45JASVX James Alpha StructuredPairCorr
  0.45JSVCX James Alpha StructuredPairCorr
  0.45JSVIX James Alpha StructuredPairCorr
  0.44JASSX James Alpha StructuredPairCorr
  0.4ABNDX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.4ABTAX Government BondPairCorr
  0.37VFIJX Vanguard GnmaPairCorr
  0.34ACTVX Zero Pon 2025PairCorr
  0.33VMSSX Virtus Multi SectorPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between James Mutual Fund performing well and James Alpha 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 James Alpha'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.