Fa 529 Correlations

FFCGX Fund  USD 45.17  0.12  0.26%   
The current 90-days correlation between Fa 529 Aggressive and Virtus High Yield is -0.2 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Fa 529 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.

Fa 529 Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Fa 529 Aggressive and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Fa 529 Aggressive and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Fa 529 Aggressive. 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 rate.

Moving together with FFCGX Mutual Fund

  0.97VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.97VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.97VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.97VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.97VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.97VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.97VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.97VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.96VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.96VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.84GAAKX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.82GAAGX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.88GPBFX Gmo E PlusPairCorr
  0.73GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.92PQTAX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.96PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.96PQTIX Aa Pimco TrPairCorr
  0.69WARCX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.96MCLOX Blackrock Gbl AllocPairCorr
  0.84JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.79AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.83PFE Pfizer Inc Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.88GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.89CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr
  0.79MRK Merck Company Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.94MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr
  0.93CAT CaterpillarPairCorr

Moving against FFCGX Mutual Fund

  0.7PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.53TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.37HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.35KO Coca ColaPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between FFCGX Mutual Fund performing well and Fa 529 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 Fa 529'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.