Ab High Correlations

ABTHX Fund  USD 9.95  0.02  0.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between Ab High Income and Prudential California Muni is 0.94 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Ab 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.

Ab High Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Ab High Income and DJI is -0.1 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Ab High Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Ab High Income. 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 rate.

Moving together with ABTHX Mutual Fund

  0.99ABIMX Ab Impact MunicipalPairCorr
  1.0ABTYX Ab High IncomePairCorr
  0.61AUNTX Ab Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.68AUNCX Ab Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.63SNCAX California MunicipalPairCorr
  0.68NHMAX Nuveen High YieldPairCorr
  0.8NHMFX Nuveen High YieldPairCorr
  0.71ABHFX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.72AHICX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.71AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.69GHYCX Goldman Sachs HighPairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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