General Mills Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between General Mills and Campbell Soup is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of General Mills 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.

General Mills Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between General Mills and DJI is -0.16 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding General Mills and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with General Stock

  0.78CAG ConAgra FoodsPairCorr
  0.85CPB Campbell SoupPairCorr
  0.67FLO Flowers FoodsPairCorr

Moving against General Stock

  0.44BOF BranchOut Food CommonPairCorr
  0.34DAR Darling Ingredients Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.38LND Brasilagro AdrPairCorr

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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 General Stock performing well and General Mills Company 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 General Mills' 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.