First Investors Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between First Investors Growth and Optimum Small Mid Cap is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of First Investors 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.

First Investors Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Investors Growth and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Investors Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Investors Growth. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.84IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  0.92WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.82OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.9OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.65CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.86DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.77DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.62DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.77IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.82OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.91OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  1.0FGIPX First Investors GrowthPairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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