Equity Income Correlations

The current 90-days correlation between Equity Income and Lord Abbett Convertible is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Equity Income 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.

Equity Income Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Equity Income Fund and DJI is 0.68 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Equity Income Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Equity Mutual Fund

  0.63AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.75TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.62AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.7TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.68TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr

Moving against Equity Mutual Fund

  0.34TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.34TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.36TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Equity Mutual Fund performing well and Equity Income 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 Equity Income'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.