John Hancock Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between John Hancock Variable and Wealthbuilder Moderate Balanced is 0.6 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of John Hancock 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.

John Hancock Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between John Hancock Variable and DJI is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding John Hancock Variable 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 John Hancock Variable. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with John Mutual Fund

  0.92VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.92VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.92VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.92VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.92VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.91VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.92VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.92VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.7NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.67TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.7JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.73AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.61XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.84GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.63HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.8DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.78BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.77AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.8JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.82INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr

Moving against John Mutual Fund

  0.66DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.52KO Coca ColaPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between John Mutual Fund performing well and John Hancock 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 John Hancock'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.