Heartland Value Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Heartland Value Plus and Lkcm Small Mid Cap is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Heartland Value 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.

Heartland Value Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Heartland Value Plus and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Heartland Value Plus 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 Heartland Value Plus. 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 Heartland Mutual Fund

  0.98HNMDX Heartland Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98HNTVX Heartland ValuePairCorr
  0.98HRMDX Heartland Mid CapPairCorr
  1.0HRVIX Heartland Value PlusPairCorr
  0.71HRTVX Heartland ValuePairCorr
  0.71VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  1.0VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.99DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.72DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.99UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.71UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.66UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.99AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.7FTYPX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.7FFBTX Fidelity Freedom BlendPairCorr
  0.64GAAVX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.69GCAVX Gmo Small CapPairCorr
  0.74GQLOX Gmo Quality FundPairCorr
  0.95GHVIX Gmo High YieldPairCorr
  0.97GMCQX Gmo Equity AllocationPairCorr
  0.72BIAFX Brown Advisory FlexiblePairCorr
  0.69CICEX Investment Of AmericaPairCorr
  0.88BSL Blackstone Gso SeniorPairCorr
  0.92GDIRX Goldman Sachs ShortPairCorr
  0.65RPELX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.96JSIPX Jpmorgan SmartretirementPairCorr
  0.69GLPSX Goldman Sachs MlpPairCorr
  0.7ATCIX Atac Inflation RotationPairCorr
  0.7LMPPX Clearbridge AppreciationPairCorr
  0.65WMFDX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.68PDAIX Pinebridge Dynamic AssetPairCorr
  0.7BSGIX Baird Smallmid CapPairCorr
  0.92SEDAX Siit Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.68MSAAX Active InternationalPairCorr
  0.67PSDUX Pimco Short DurationPairCorr
  0.96RAMTX American Funds 2055PairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Heartland Mutual Fund performing well and Heartland Value 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 Heartland Value'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.