Equity Income Correlations

PQIAX Fund  USD 38.98  0.17  0.43%   
The current 90-days correlation between Equity Income and Principal Capital Appreciation is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Equity Income 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.

Equity Income Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Equity Income Fund and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Equity Income Fund 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 Equity Income 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 nation.

Moving together with EQUITY Mutual Fund

  0.86VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.81DOXGX Dodge Cox StockPairCorr
  0.7AFMFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.7FFMMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.7FFFMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.7AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.7AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.69AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.7DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.86VIVAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.69BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.62GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.67HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.95JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.79WMT WalmartPairCorr

Moving against EQUITY Mutual Fund

  0.58USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.58UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.57USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.49TDKTX Cleartrack 2015 ClassPairCorr
  0.48TCTGX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.48TCTJX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.42TCSUX Cleartrack 2020 ClassPairCorr
  0.56MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between EQUITY Mutual Fund performing well and Equity Income 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 Equity Income'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.