Highland Merger Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Highland Merger Arbitrage and Fidelity Advisor Energy is 0.17 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Highland Merger 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.

Highland Merger Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Highland Merger Arbitrage and DJI is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Highland Merger Arbitrage 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 Highland Merger Arbitrage. 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 nation.

Moving together with Highland Mutual Fund

  0.79HHCZX Highland Long/shortPairCorr
  0.79HHCAX Highland Long/shortPairCorr
  0.78HHCCX Highland Long/shortPairCorr
  1.0HMECX Highland Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  1.0HMEZX Highland Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.64BALPX Blckrk Lc CrPairCorr
  0.68BILPX Blkrk Lc CrPairCorr
  0.97MERIX Merger FundPairCorr
  0.97MERFX Merger FundPairCorr
  0.97VARAX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.96VARBX Vivaldi Merger ArbitragePairCorr
  0.96VARCX First Trust MergerPairCorr
  0.85ARBCX The ArbitragePairCorr
  0.89ARBNX The ArbitragePairCorr
  0.87SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.87SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.83RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.83RSNYX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.83RGNCX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.9AGIZX Alger Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.8OSGCX Jpmorgan Small CapPairCorr
  0.84THOGX Thornburg Global OppPairCorr
  0.87NHMFX Nuveen High YieldPairCorr
  0.8RDPSX Rising Dollar ProfundPairCorr
  0.86JEMQX John Hancock EmergingPairCorr
  0.9JHIKX Multi Index 2060PairCorr
  0.69ABCCX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.91EQIRX Wells Fargo EmergingPairCorr
  0.81JAVAX James Aggressive AllPairCorr
  0.88OAAIX Oppenheimer AggrssvPairCorr
  0.87STMEX Sierra Tactical MunicipalPairCorr
  0.88ULPSX Ultrabull ProfundPairCorr
  0.93VCMDX Vanguard CommodityPairCorr

Moving against Highland Mutual Fund

  0.53MLPLX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.53SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.52OSPPX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.52SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.52MLPNX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Highland Mutual Fund performing well and Highland Merger 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 Highland Merger'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.