Great-west Lifetime Correlations

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The correlation of Great-west Lifetime 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 perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Great-west Lifetime moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Great West Lifetime 2020 moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.

Poor diversification

The correlation between Great West Lifetime 2020 and NYA is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Great West Lifetime 2020 and NYA in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Great West Lifetime 2020. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in price.
  
The ability to find closely correlated positions to Great-west Lifetime could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Great-west Lifetime when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Great-west Lifetime - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Great West Lifetime 2020 to buy it.

Moving together with Great-west Mutual Fund

  1.0MXAKX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  1.0MXAHX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.89MXBQX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.76MXEQX Great West TPairCorr
  0.99MXCPX Great-west ConservativePairCorr
  0.97MXGNX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.95MXFRX Great West PutnamPairCorr
  0.65MXIHX Great-west Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.89MXKJX Great West GoldmanPairCorr
  0.93MXKWX Great West SpPairCorr
  0.84MXLSX Great West LoomisPairCorr
  0.89MXNZX Great West SpPairCorr
  0.97MXRLX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  1.0MXSBX Great-west SecurefoundationPairCorr
  0.91MXYKX Great West TPairCorr
  0.88VTWNX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Great-west Mutual Fund performing well and Great-west Lifetime 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 Great-west Lifetime'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.

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The danger of trading Great West Lifetime 2020 is mainly related to its market volatility and Mutual Fund specific events. As an investor, you must understand the concept of risk-adjusted return before you start trading. The most common way to measure the risk of Great-west Lifetime is by using the Sharpe ratio. The ratio expresses how much excess return you acquire for the extra volatility you endure for holding a more risker asset than Great-west Lifetime. The Sharpe ratio is calculated by using standard deviation and excess return to determine reward per unit of risk. To understand how volatile Great West Lifetime is, you must compare it to a benchmark. Traditionally, the risk-free rate of return is the rate of return on the shortest-dated U.S. Treasury, such as a 3-year bond.
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Great West Lifetime 2020. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in price.
Note that the Great West Lifetime information on this page should be used as a complementary analysis to other Great-west Lifetime's statistical models used to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try the Competition Analyzer module to analyze and compare many basic indicators for a group of related or unrelated entities.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Great-west Lifetime's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Great-west Lifetime is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Great-west Lifetime's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.