Baron Wealthbuilder Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Baron Wealthbuilder and John Hancock Funds is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Baron Wealthbuilder 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.

Baron Wealthbuilder Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Baron Wealthbuilder Fund and DJI is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Baron Wealthbuilder Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Baron Mutual Fund

  0.81BREUX Baron Real EstatePairCorr
  0.98BSCUX Baron Small CapPairCorr
  0.89BARUX Baron Asset FundPairCorr
  0.87BDFUX Baron DiscoveryPairCorr
  0.99BFGUX Baron Focused GrowthPairCorr
  0.79BFIUX Baron FintechPairCorr
  0.98BFTUX Baron Fifth AvenuePairCorr
  0.8BGLUX Baron Global AdvantagePairCorr
  0.89BGRUX Baron GrowthPairCorr
  0.93BHCUX Baron Health CarePairCorr
  0.98BIOUX Baron OpportunityPairCorr
  0.88BPTUX Baron Partners Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.94CGRGX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.94FPGGX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.94FGPGX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.94GWPCX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.94GWPFX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.94GWPAX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.94CGQGX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.68SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.84CISGX Touchstone Sands CapitalPairCorr
  0.67SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr

Moving against Baron Mutual Fund

  0.67TSIIX Thornburg StrategicPairCorr
  0.46THYTX Transamerica High YieldPairCorr
  0.45CEBRX Columbia Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.45LASNX Loomis Sayles StrategicPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Baron Mutual Fund performing well and Baron Wealthbuilder 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 Baron Wealthbuilder'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.