Virtus Emerging Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Virtus Emerging Markets and Metropolitan West Total is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Virtus Emerging 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.

Virtus Emerging Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Virtus Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.5 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Virtus Emerging Markets 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 Virtus Emerging Markets. 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 population.

Moving together with Virtus Mutual Fund

  0.89VMSAX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.87VMSSX Virtus Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.9HYIZX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.96SAGAX Ridgeworth InnovativePairCorr
  0.9HYPSX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.89SAMBX Ridgeworth Seix FloatingPairCorr
  0.9SAMHX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.82SSAGX Virtus Seix GovernmentPairCorr
  0.92SAMVX Ridgeworth Ceredex MidPairCorr
  0.74PXCZX Virtus Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.92PFSRX Virtus Senior FloatingPairCorr
  0.86SASVX Ridgeworth Ceredex SmallPairCorr
  0.92PXIIX Virtus Rampart EnhancedPairCorr
  0.71SAVAX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.69SAVCX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.72SAVYX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.92PXQSX Virtus Kar SmallPairCorr
  0.97SSTFX Virtus Kar CapitalPairCorr
  0.88PXSGX Virtus Kar SmallPairCorr
  0.92PGHCX Virtus High YieldPairCorr
  0.92PGICX Virtus Rampart EnhancedPairCorr
  0.84PGIUX Virtus Global InfrasPairCorr
  0.84HIBIX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.93STCZX Ridgeworth Silvant LargePairCorr
  0.93STCAX Ridgeworth Silvant LargePairCorr
  0.92STCIX Ridgeworth Silvant LargePairCorr
  0.87STCEX Ridgeworth Ceredex SmallPairCorr
  0.81PGUAX Virtus Global InfrasPairCorr
  0.83PGUCX Virtus Global InfrasPairCorr
  0.98STITX Ridgeworth InternationalPairCorr
  0.84HIMZX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.93PHCHX Virtus High YieldPairCorr
  0.91PHCIX Virtus High YieldPairCorr
  0.82STTBX Ridgeworth Seix InvePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Virtus Mutual Fund performing well and Virtus Emerging 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 Virtus Emerging'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.