Growth Equity Correlations

HCEGX Fund  USD 39.65  0.42  1.07%   
The current 90-days correlation between Growth Equity and Vanguard Total Stock is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Growth Equity 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.

Growth Equity Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between The Growth Equity and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The Growth Equity and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in The Growth Equity. 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 price.

Moving together with Growth Mutual Fund

  0.99VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.99VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.99VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.99VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.99VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.99VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.95MBCZX Massmutual Select BluePairCorr
  0.91DTGRX Dreyfus Technology GrowthPairCorr
  0.95AFOZX Alger Funds MidPairCorr
  0.92AULDX Ultra Fund R6PairCorr
  0.83PSDSX Palmer Square UltraPairCorr
  0.91HGOSX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.82PAGRX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.92ETCEX Eventide ExponentialPairCorr
  0.81AFRFX Invesco Floating RatePairCorr
  0.82WUSRX Wells Fargo UltraPairCorr
  0.95CFSIX Touchstone Sands CapitalPairCorr
  0.9PHSKX Virtus Kar MidPairCorr
  0.96HAGAX Eagle Mid CapPairCorr
  0.89MLPGX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.91HGOVX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.81RFXIX Rational Special SitPairCorr
  0.98DSHZX Brinker Capital DestPairCorr
  0.9TPZ Tortoise Capital SeriesPairCorr
  0.64CVVRX Columbia Small CapPairCorr
  0.94LMOFX Miller Opportunity TrustPairCorr
  0.97ASG Liberty All StarPairCorr
  0.84SGYAX Siit High YieldPairCorr
  0.96CFNDX Cargile FundPairCorr
  0.95AFOIX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97FRSGX Franklin Small MidPairCorr
  0.98CADVX Calamos Dividend GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Growth Mutual Fund

  0.63NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.58VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.55VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.53PFHCX Pacific Funds SmallPairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
VTSMXVTSAX
VITSXVTSAX
VSTSXVTSAX
VSMPXVTSAX
VFFSXVTSAX
VFINXVFIAX
  
High negative correlations   
VTIAXVFINX
VTIAXVFIAX
VGTSXVFINX
VGTSXVFIAX
VTIAXVTSAX
VTIAXVSMPX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Growth Mutual Fund performing well and Growth Equity 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 Growth Equity'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
VTSAX  0.56  0.05  0.05  0.09  0.75 
 1.08 
 5.94 
VFIAX  0.51  0.06  0.03  0.88  0.73 
 0.97 
 5.48 
VTSMX  0.55  0.05  0.05  0.09  0.75 
 1.08 
 5.94 
VITSX  0.55  0.05  0.05  0.09  0.75 
 1.08 
 5.95 
VSTSX  0.55  0.05  0.05  0.09  0.75 
 1.09 
 5.94 
VSMPX  0.55  0.05  0.05  0.09  0.75 
 1.09 
 5.94 
VFINX  0.51  0.06  0.04  0.86  0.73 
 0.97 
 5.48 
VFFSX  0.52  0.05  0.05  0.10  0.72 
 1.09 
 5.48 
VGTSX  0.58 (0.12) 0.00 (0.38) 0.00 
 1.13 
 4.43 
VTIAX  0.56 (0.09) 0.00 (0.25) 0.00 
 1.14 
 4.45