Heartland Value Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Heartland Value Plus and Vanguard Small Cap Value is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Heartland Value 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.

Heartland Value Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Heartland Value Plus and DJI is 0.19 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Heartland Value Plus 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 Heartland Value Plus. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Heartland Mutual Fund

  0.78HNMDX Heartland Mid CapPairCorr
  0.91HNTVX Heartland ValuePairCorr
  0.93HNVIX Heartland Value PlusPairCorr
  0.97VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.88VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.89DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.97DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.98UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.93UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.93UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.89AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.71CPAYX Columbia Pacific/asiaPairCorr
  0.64OCMAX Ocm Mutual FundPairCorr
  0.9BWNYX Bullfinch WesternPairCorr
  0.84OAKLX Oakmark SelectPairCorr
  0.65HHCZX Highland Long/shortPairCorr
  0.66AVEFX Ave Maria BondPairCorr

Moving against Heartland Mutual Fund

  0.48SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.41CISGX Touchstone Sands CapitalPairCorr
  0.38SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Heartland Mutual Fund performing well and Heartland Value 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 Heartland Value'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.