Highland Merger Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Highland Merger Arbitrage and Vanguard High Yield Tax Exempt is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Highland Merger 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.

Highland Merger Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Highland Merger Arbitrage and DJI is 0.15 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Highland Merger Arbitrage and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Highland Merger Arbitrage. 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 Highland Mutual Fund

  1.0HMECX Highland Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.99HMEZX Highland Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.61BALPX Blckrk Lc CrPairCorr
  0.67BILPX Blkrk Lc CrPairCorr
  0.97MERFX Merger FundPairCorr
  0.97MERIX Merger FundPairCorr
  0.93VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.94VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.93VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.77TCWHX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.7OTPIX Nasdaq 100 ProfundPairCorr
  0.82PZIEX Pzena Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.62AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.8GWMNX Amg Gwk MunicipalPairCorr
  0.82PTRRX Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.79BPGLX Ubs Global AllocationPairCorr
  0.71PGCAX Investment Grade PoratePairCorr
  0.73JDEUX Jpmorgan DisciplinedPairCorr
  0.75ADRVX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.8IKSTX American IndependencePairCorr
  0.71RYHOX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.75MSPIX Mainstay Sp 500PairCorr

Moving against Highland Mutual Fund

  0.52MGHRX Morgan Stanley Insti Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.52MGRPX Growth Portfolio Class Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.52MCRTX Morgan Stanley Multi Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.51MBIRX Morgan Stanley InsightPairCorr
  0.49MSGUX Growth Portfolio Class Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.48MSCMX Morgan Stanley MultiPairCorr
  0.31FIXIX Fidelity InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Highland Mutual Fund performing well and Highland Merger 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 Highland Merger'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.