Clarkston Fund Correlations

CILGX Fund  USD 16.28  0.07  0.43%   
The current 90-days correlation between Clarkston Fund Insti and Clarkston Partners Fund is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Clarkston Fund 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.

Clarkston Fund Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Clarkston Fund Institutional and DJI is 0.62 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Clarkston Fund Institutional and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Clarkston Fund Institutional. 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 Clarkston Mutual Fund

  0.99CFMDX Clarkston FoundersPairCorr
  0.95CFSMX Clarkston PartnersPairCorr
  0.99CIMDX Clarkston FoundersPairCorr
  0.95CISMX Clarkston PartnersPairCorr
  0.92VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.91DOXGX Dodge Cox StockPairCorr
  0.87AFMFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87FFMMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.87FFFMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.87AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.86AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.91DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.92VIVAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.91VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.91VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.9VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.67GQLOX Gmo Quality FundPairCorr
  0.82GAB Gabelli Equity TrustPairCorr
  0.88ANCIX Ancora MicrocapPairCorr
  0.89CSQ Calamos Strategic TotalPairCorr
  0.69FHCOX Federated Hermes ConPairCorr
  0.91TAAIX Thrivent AggressivePairCorr
  0.93VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.9SWPPX Schwab Sp 500PairCorr
  0.9VIIIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.88ILESX Fisher InvestmentsPairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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