Virtus Westchester Correlations

WCFRX Fund  USD 11.49  0.02  0.17%   
The current 90-days correlation between Virtus Westchester Credit and Mesirow Financial Small is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Virtus Westchester 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 Westchester Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Virtus Westchester Credit 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 Westchester Credit and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Virtus Mutual Fund

  0.89VMSAX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.84VMSSX Virtus Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.93HYIZX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.91HYPSX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.76SAMFX Ridgeworth Seix TotalPairCorr
  0.78SAMBX Ridgeworth Seix FloatingPairCorr
  0.93SAMHX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.8SSAGX Virtus Seix GovernmentPairCorr
  0.77SAMZX Ridgeworth Seix TotalPairCorr
  0.77PXCZX Virtus Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.62PFSRX Virtus Senior FloatingPairCorr
  0.86PXIIX Virtus Rampart EnhancedPairCorr
  0.8SAVAX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.8SAVCX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.81SAVYX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.9PGHCX Virtus High YieldPairCorr
  0.84PGICX Virtus Rampart EnhancedPairCorr
  0.74PGIUX Virtus Global InfrasPairCorr
  0.85HIBIX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.63HIEMX Virtus Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74PGUAX Virtus Global InfrasPairCorr
  0.66PGUCX Virtus Global InfrasPairCorr
  0.75STGIX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.76STGZX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.72STIGX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.84HIMZX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.91PHCHX Virtus High YieldPairCorr
  0.92PHCIX Virtus High YieldPairCorr
  0.78STTBX Ridgeworth Seix InvePairCorr

Moving against Virtus Mutual Fund

  0.53PXSGX Virtus Kar SmallPairCorr
  0.33SAGAX Ridgeworth InnovativePairCorr
  0.33SCATX Ridgeworth InnovativePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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