HERITAGE FUND Variance

TWHIX Fund  USD 19.72  -0.02  -0.10%   
The Variance indicator for HERITAGE FUND is constructed from normalized market data. Values reflect historical observations within the available dataset. Diversification context is available through World Market Map. Allocation context can improve visibility into portfolio balance. Diversification context is built from the relationships between portfolio holdings. A position in Heritage Fund Investor is indicated here. It is reflected in the overall portfolio structure. 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.
Heritage Fund Investor has current Variance of 1.37. Variance is another measure of security risk that shows the amount of dispersion of equity returns around their mean value. Variance is calculated as the average squared deviations from the mean. Evaluating a set of investment alternatives one can use variance to help determine the volatility when purchasing a specific security. Similar to Standard Deviation, the variance is a measure of how far a set of numbers is spread out around its mean.

Variance

 = 

SUM(RET DEV)2

N

 = 
1.37
SUM = Summation notation
RET DEV = Actual returns deviation over selected period
N = Number of points for the period

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Variance Relative To Other Indicators

Heritage Fund Investor is rated third in variance among similar funds. It is currently under evaluation in maximum drawdown among similar funds reporting about 4.61 of Maximum Drawdown per Variance. At 4.61 , Heritage Fund Investor's Maximum Drawdown-to-Variance multiple reflects the spread between these metrics
Variance is also a measure of stock volatility and can help determine the risk an investor might take on when purchasing a specific security. A relatively big variance indicates that the daily prices or returns are far from the mean and a small variance indicates that they are located around the mean. Compare HERITAGE FUND to Peers

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