Elfun Diversified Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Elfun Diversified and Morningstar Global Income is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Elfun Diversified 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.

Elfun Diversified Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Elfun Diversified Fund and DJI is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Elfun Diversified Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Elfun Mutual Fund

  0.67DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr

Moving against Elfun Mutual Fund

  0.33MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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