Harbor Mid Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Harbor Mid Cap and Lord Abbett Short is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Harbor Mid 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.

Harbor Mid Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Harbor Mid Cap and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Harbor Mid Cap 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 Harbor Mid Cap. 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 producer price index.

Moving together with Harbor Mutual Fund

  0.92HICSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.92HIIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.88HIINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.95HIISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.96HIMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97HILVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.96HISVX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.93HISGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  1.0HMCLX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  1.0HMCRX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92HNACX Harbor Capital ApprePairCorr
  0.92HNCVX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.98ESCWX Embark Small CapPairCorr
  0.98ESCQX Embark Small CapPairCorr
  0.88HNINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.95HNISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.61HNICX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.92HNIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.96HNMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97HNLVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.93HNSGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.96HNVRX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.92HRCAX Harbor Capital ApprePairCorr
  0.79HRBDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.92HRCSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.92HRIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.88HRINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.95HRISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.96HRMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97HRLVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.93HRSGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.92HACAX Harbor Capital ApprePairCorr
  0.8HACBX Harbor Core BondPairCorr
  0.92HACSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.79HABDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.88HAINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.95HAISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Harbor Mutual Fund performing well and Harbor Mid 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 Harbor Mid'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.