Equity Income Correlations

PEIIX Fund  USD 45.37  0.15  0.33%   
The current 90-days correlation between Equity Income and Shelton Emerging Markets is 0.04 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Equity Income 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.

Equity Income Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Equity Income Fund and DJI is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Equity Income Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Equity Income Fund. 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 Equity Mutual Fund

  0.91SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.94SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.97SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.76SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.94PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.96PFPPX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.94PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.78PGBFX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.92PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.92PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.92PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.97PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.96PGWIX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.94SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.79PHASX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.72SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.97SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.89PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

Moving against Equity Mutual Fund

  0.59PGRVX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.58PFIEX International EquityPairCorr
  0.52PFISX International Small PanyPairCorr
  0.52PGRUX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.48STCCX Short Term IncomePairCorr
  0.4PGDCX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.37PGBAX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.33PGDIX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.32PGBLX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.54PGRKX Global Real EstatePairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Equity Mutual Fund performing well and Equity Income 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 Equity Income'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.