PGIM High Yield Fund Volatility

ISD Fund  USD 13.74  -0.09  -0.65%   
Across the designated horizon, PGIM High Yield continues to post a minimal volatility profile. PGIM High Yield reports a Sharpe Ratio (Efficiency) of -0.0956, reflecting poor reward-to-volatility behavior over the last 3 months. We detected 23 technical indicators affecting the current volatility setup.

Sharpe Ratio = -0.0956

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PGIM High Yield's financial profile includes a Market Risk Adjusted Performance of -0.2%, a Risk of 0.52, and a Risk Adjusted Performance of -0.1%. Monthly data shows PGIM High is not tracking at its maximum return potential. Including it in a well-diversified portfolio can maximize its risk-adjusted contribution.
Key indicators related to PGIM High's volatility include:
90 Days Market Risk
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PGIM High's beta measures how much PGIM High's price moves relative to the broad market. Combined with total volatility, beta helps investors understand whether PGIM High's risk is primarily market-driven or company-specific.
  

Volatility Strategy

Volatility in PGIM High Yield contributes to allocation risk depending on correlation. Current statistical measures show total volatility near 0.52% with a beta coefficient of 0.26, indicating sensitivity relative to the broader market benchmark. Risk-adjusted efficiency, represented by a Sharpe ratio of -0.0956, evaluates return per unit of total risk. An alpha value of -0.0429 reflects performance relative to systematic market exposure. Expected return estimates near -0.05% are derived from historical distribution modeling and help frame forward-looking return assumptions within a portfolio context. Volatility effects depend on underlying market structure and exposure characteristics.

Main indicators related to PGIM High's market risk premium analysis include:

 Beta
0.26
 Alpha
-0.04
 Risk
0.52
 Sharpe Ratio
-0.1
 Expected Return
-0.05

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Sensitivity To Market

PGIM High'sPGIM High Yield relative market sensitivity is quantified by its beta value of 0.26. This regression-derived coefficient reflects systematic risk. Total return variability is about 0.52%.This summary describes how PGIM High Yield has moved rather than why it moved. Standard deviation is near 0.5% and downside deviation is near 0.0%. For PGIM High Yield, return variability usually comes from the behavior of its holdings and allocation profile.
Check current 90 days PGIM High correlation with market (Dow Jones Industrial)
α-0.0429   β0.26
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Check current 90 days PGIM High correlation with market (Dow Jones Industrial)

Downside Risk

Standard deviation of PGIM is a key measure of price volatility, reflecting the average daily deviation from the mean over the selected time period. High standard deviation means higher volatility; low standard deviation means stability.
Standard Deviation
    
  0.52  
For investors in PGIM High, understanding the difference between standard deviation and downside deviation is important. Standard deviation measures total volatility; downside deviation measures only the loss risk in PGIM High's returns. PGIM High Yield's financial profile includes a Maximum Drawdown of 2.72.

Fund Volatility Analysis

Analyzing PGIM High volatility is essential for any investor seeking to manage risk exposure effectively. Sharp swings in PGIM High's fund price during volatile periods can trigger margin calls or forced exits.
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The output start index for this execution was zero with a total number of output elements of sixty-one. PGIM High Yield Average Price is the average of the sum of open, high, low and close daily prices of a bar. It can be used to smooth an indicator that normally takes just the closing price as input.

PGIM High Projected Return Density Against Market

Considering the 90-day investment horizon PGIM High has a beta of 0.2633 . This usually indicates as returns on the market go up, PGIM High's average returns are expected to increase less than the benchmark. However, during a bear market, the loss from holding PGIM High Yield is expected to be smaller as well.
PGIM High remains sensitive to broader fund market conditions in addition to company or sector-specific developments. Portfolio diversification mitigates only part of this exposure. PGIM High Yield's financial profile includes a Mean Deviation of 0.37 and a Standard Deviation of 0.50.
PGIM High Yield has a negative alpha, implying that the risk taken by holding this instrument is not justified. The fund is significantly underperforming the Dow Jones Industrial.
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PGIM High's volatility is measured either by using standard deviation or beta. Standard deviation will reflect the average amount of how pgim fund's price will differ from the mean after some time.To get its calculation, you should first determine the mean price during the specified period then subtract that from each price point.

What Drives a PGIM High Price Volatility?

Several factors can influence a fund's market volatility:

Industry

Specific events can influence volatility within a particular industry. For instance, a significant weather upheaval in a crucial oil-production site may cause oil prices to increase in the oil sector. The direct result will be the rise in the stock price of oil distribution companies. Similarly, any government regulation in a specific industry could negatively influence stock prices due to increased regulations on compliance that may impact the company's future earnings and growth.

Political and Economic environment

When governments make significant decisions regarding trade agreements, policies, and legislation regarding specific industries, they will influence stock prices. Everything from speeches to elections may influence investors, who can directly influence the stock prices in any particular industry. The prevailing economic situation also plays a significant role in stock prices. When the economy is doing well, investors will have a positive reaction and hence, better stock prices and vice versa.

The Company's Performance

Sometimes volatility will only affect an individual company. For example, a revolutionary product launch or strong earnings report may attract investor attention to the company. This positive attention may impact the company's stock price. In contrast, product recalls and data breaches may negatively influence a company's stock prices.

Fund Risk Measures

Considering the 90-day investment horizon the coefficient of variation of PGIM High is -1046.26. The daily returns are distributed with a variance of 0.27 and standard deviation of 0.52. The mean deviation of PGIM High Yield is currently at 0.4. For similar time horizon, the selected benchmark (Dow Jones Industrial) has volatility of 0.8
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Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.0429
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.26
σ
Overall volatility
0.52
Ir
Information ratio -0.0153

Fund Return Volatility

PGIM High historical daily return volatility represents how much of PGIM High fund's daily returns swing around its mean - it is a statistical measure of its dispersion of returns. The fund has volatility of 0.523% on return distribution over a 90-day investment horizon. By contrast, Dow Jones Industrial accepts 0.7982% volatility on return distribution over a 90-day horizon.
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Related Correlations Analysis


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.

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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

Risk Metrics, Assumptions & Methodology

Volatility for PGIM High reflects NAV dispersion and exposure stability across disclosure periods. Return variability informs risk budgeting and diversification impact.

The analytics block for PGIM High Yield relies on fund disclosures and market reference feeds, with quality checks and normalization applied before rendering. Timing can vary by data vendor. Volatility and downside metrics are estimated from historical return dispersion.

This content is curated and reviewed by:

Michael Smolkin - Member of Macroaxis Board of Directors

PGIM High Investment Opportunity

Measured over the selected horizon, Dow Jones Industrial carries roughly 1.54 times the return volatility of PGIM High Yield. That difference can matter when investors want a steadier position size or lower contribution to total portfolio risk.You can use PGIM High Yield to protect your portfolios against small market fluctuations. This price-change note interprets the latest move in the context of short-horizon trading behavior. It is most useful when combined with broader risk controls and position-sizing discipline. a moderate downward daily trend and can be a good diversifier. Check odds of PGIM High to be traded at $13.47 in 90 days.

Very poor diversification

Across the chosen horizon, ISD and DJI show a correlation of 0.86 and fall into the Very poor diversification bucket. In portfolio terms, the overlap visualization shows how much shared movement remains after both positions are combined.

PGIM High Additional Risk Indicators

Risk analysis around PGIM High Yield becomes more useful when investors review secondary indicators that can confirm, refine, or challenge the basic volatility picture. Used correctly, these measures can support both standalone risk assessment and portfolio-level hedging decisions.

PGIM High Suggested Diversification Pairs

Pair trading with PGIM High can help investors hedge some company-specific exposure by balancing a long view with an offsetting position. The key question is whether the second leg adds real hedge value instead of just creating a more complex version of the same risk.
The effect of pair diversification on risk is to reduce it, but we should note this doesn't apply to all risk types. When we trade pairs against PGIM High as a counterpart, there is always some inherent risk that will never be diversified away no matter what. This volatility limits the effect of tactical diversification using pair trading. PGIM High's systematic risk is the inherent uncertainty of the entire market, and therefore cannot be mitigated even by pair-trading it against the equity that is not highly correlated to it. On the other hand, PGIM High's unsystematic risk describes the types of risk that we can protect against, at least to some degree, by selecting a matching pair that is not perfectly correlated to PGIM High Yield.