Correlation Between Equity Income and Advisors Capital

Can any of the company-specific risk be diversified away by investing in both Equity Income and Advisors Capital at the same time? Although using a correlation coefficient on its own may not help to predict future stock returns, this module helps to understand the diversifiable risk of combining Equity Income and Advisors Capital into the same portfolio, which is an essential part of the fundamental portfolio management process.

By analyzing existing cross correlation between Equity Income Fund and Advisors Capital Dividend, you can compare the effects of market volatilities on Equity Income and Advisors Capital and check how they will diversify away market risk if combined in the same portfolio for a given time horizon. You can also utilize pair trading strategies of matching a long position in Equity Income with a short position of Advisors Capital. Check out your portfolio center. Please also check ongoing floating volatility patterns of Equity Income and Advisors Capital.

Diversification Opportunities for Equity Income and Advisors Capital

0.74

Correlation Coefficient

Equity Income  Advisors Capital

Poor diversification

The 3 months correlation between Equity and Advisors is 0.74. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Equity Income Fund and Advisors Capital Dividend in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical prices or returns on Advisors Capital Dividend and Equity Income is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these equity instruments tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which returns on Equity Income Fund are associated (or correlated) with Advisors Capital. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when the price movement of Advisors Capital Dividend has no effect on the direction of Equity Income i.e., Equity Income and Advisors Capital go up and down completely randomly.

Pair Corralation between Equity Income and Advisors Capital

Assuming the 90 days horizon Equity Income Fund is expected to under-perform the Advisors Capital. In addition to that, Equity Income is 1.0 times more volatile than Advisors Capital Dividend. It trades about -0.19 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. Advisors Capital Dividend is currently generating about 0.12 per unit of volatility. If you would invest  1,258  in Advisors Capital Dividend on September 15, 2024 and sell it today you would earn a total of  14.00  from holding Advisors Capital Dividend or generate 1.11% return on investment over 90 days.

Time Period	3 Months [change]
Direction	Moves Together
Strength	Significant
Accuracy	100.0%
Values	Daily Returns

Equity Income Fund  vs.  Advisors Capital Dividend

Equity Income

Risk-Adjusted Performance

2 of 100

Weak

Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Equity Income Fund are ranked lower than 2 (%) of all funds and portfolios of funds over the last 90 days. In spite of fairly strong forward indicators, Equity Income is not utilizing all of its potentials. The current stock price disturbance, may contribute to short-term losses for the investors.

Advisors Capital Dividend

Risk-Adjusted Performance

10 of 100

OK

Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Advisors Capital Dividend are ranked lower than 10 (%) of all funds and portfolios of funds over the last 90 days. In spite of fairly strong basic indicators, Advisors Capital is not utilizing all of its potentials. The current stock price disturbance, may contribute to short-term losses for the investors.

Pair Trading with Equity Income and Advisors Capital

The main advantage of trading using opposite Equity Income and Advisors Capital positions is that it hedges away some unsystematic risk. Because of two separate transactions, even if Equity Income position performs unexpectedly, Advisors Capital can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Advisors Capital will offset losses from the drop in Advisors Capital's long position.

The idea behind Equity Income Fund and Advisors Capital Dividend pairs trading is to make the combined position market-neutral, meaning the overall market's direction will not affect its win or loss (or potential downside or upside). This can be achieved by designing a pairs trade with two highly correlated stocks or equities that operate in a similar space or sector, making it possible to obtain profits through simple and relatively low-risk investment.

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Note that this page's information should be used as a complementary analysis to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try the Price Ceiling Movement module to calculate and plot Price Ceiling Movement for different equity instruments.