Health Care Correlations

RYHIX Fund  USD 45.33  0.28  0.61%   
The current 90-days correlation between Health Care Fund and Technology Fund Investor is 0.42 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Health Care 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.

Health Care Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Health Care Fund and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Health Care Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Health Care Fund. 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 HEALTH Mutual Fund

  0.62RYBAX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.82RYBKX Banking Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.62RYBMX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.62RYBIX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.88RYBOX Biotechnology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.8RYABX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.63RYAHX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.93RYAUX Utilities Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.71RYAZX Sp Smallcap 600PairCorr
  0.89RYDHX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.62RYDCX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.85RYDKX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.88RYCFX Biotechnology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.78RYCGX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.93RYCAX Consumer ProductsPairCorr

Moving against HEALTH Mutual Fund

  0.75RYAQX Inverse Government LongPairCorr
  0.64RYAFX Inverse Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.62RYAGX Inverse Mid Cap Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.46RYEAX Energy Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.46RYECX Energy Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.87RYCZX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr
  0.86RYCWX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr
  0.65RYCQX Inverse Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.61RYCLX Inverse Mid Cap Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.55RYELX Electronics Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.5RYESX Energy Services Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.46RYEIX Energy Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.46RYENX Energy Fund ClassPairCorr

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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.
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between HEALTH Mutual Fund performing well and Health Care 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 Health Care'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.