High Income Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between High Income Fund and T Rowe Price is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of High 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.

High Income Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between High Income Fund and DJI is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding High Income Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with High Mutual Fund

  0.81UINCX Income Fund IncomePairCorr
  0.82UITBX Intermediate Term BondPairCorr
  0.79UITCX Usaa Intermediate TermPairCorr
  0.83UITIX Usaa Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.79IPFIX Victory IncorePairCorr
  0.86RSDYX Victory Incore LowPairCorr
  0.8RSENX Victory Sophus EmergingPairCorr
  0.72RSFYX Victory Floating RatePairCorr
  0.68RSFCX Victory Floating RatePairCorr
  0.7RSFMX Victory Floating RatePairCorr
  0.71RSFLX Victory Floating RatePairCorr
  0.93RSIGX Victory Rs InternationalPairCorr

Moving against High Mutual Fund

  0.49RSEGX Victory Rs SmallPairCorr
  0.49RSYEX Victory Rs SmallPairCorr
  0.43RSMMX Victory Rs SmallPairCorr
  0.31RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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