Virtus High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Virtus High Yield and Cmg Ultra Short is 0.5 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Virtus High 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 High Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Virtus High Yield and DJI is 0.35 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Virtus High Yield and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Virtus High Yield. 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 Virtus Mutual Fund

  0.86VMSAX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.83VMSSX Virtus Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.99HYIZX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.97HYPSX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.72SAMFX Ridgeworth Seix TotalPairCorr
  0.84SAMBX Ridgeworth Seix FloatingPairCorr
  0.98SAMHX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.78SSAGX Virtus Seix GovernmentPairCorr
  0.72SAMZX Ridgeworth Seix TotalPairCorr
  0.86PXCZX Virtus Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.78PFSRX Virtus Senior FloatingPairCorr
  0.79PXIIX Virtus Rampart EnhancedPairCorr
  0.77SAVAX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.77SAVCX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.78SAVYX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.98PGHCX Virtus High YieldPairCorr
  0.78PGICX Virtus Rampart EnhancedPairCorr
  0.82HIBIX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.7STGIX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.71STGZX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.72STIGX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.8HIMZX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.99PHCHX Virtus High YieldPairCorr
  0.89STTBX Ridgeworth Seix InvePairCorr

Moving against Virtus Mutual Fund

  0.42PXSGX Virtus Kar SmallPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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