Highland Small-cap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Highland Small Cap and World Precious Minerals is -0.18 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Highland Small-cap 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 Small-cap Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Highland Small Cap Equity and DJI is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Highland Small Cap Equity 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 Small Cap Equity. 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Highland Mutual Fund

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  0.7VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
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  0.68PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.68PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.69TRZVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.68PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.7ERH Allspring Utilities AndPairCorr
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  0.74IVHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.75IHIFX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.74WRHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.75WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
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  0.73RPIDX T Rowe PricePairCorr
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  0.64QLEIX Aqr Long ShortPairCorr
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Highland Mutual Fund performing well and Highland Small-cap 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 Small-cap'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.