High Yield Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between High Yield Fund and Vanguard Global Equity is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of High Yield 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.

High Yield Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between High Yield Fund and DJI is -0.11 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding High Yield Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with High Mutual Fund

  0.89PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.99PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.99PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.97PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.95PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.93PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.98PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.63PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.95PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.85PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.85PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.98PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.97PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.93PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.87PFOAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.85PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.71PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.83PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.93PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.98PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.96PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.97PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.86PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.98PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.77PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.74PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.77PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.77PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.77PFUPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.98PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.97PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.98PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr
  0.92PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against High Mutual Fund

  0.75PWLBX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.54PWLEX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.48PWLMX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.46PWLIX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between High Mutual Fund performing well and High Yield 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 High Yield'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.