High Yield Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between High Yield Fund and Needham Small Cap is 0.56 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of High Yield 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.

High Yield Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between High Yield Fund and DJI is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding High Yield Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with High Mutual Fund

  0.8PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.61PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.81PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.83PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.77PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.62PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.81PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.62PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.82PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.77PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.62PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.79PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.82PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.85PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.84PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.87PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.82PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr
  0.73PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against High Mutual Fund

  0.36PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between High Mutual Fund performing well and High Yield 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 High Yield'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.