Green Century Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Green Century Equity and Green Century Balanced is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Green Century 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.

Green Century Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Green Century Equity and DJI is 0.68 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Green Century Equity 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 Green Century Equity. 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 producer price index.

Moving together with Green Mutual Fund

  1.0GCEUX Green Century EquityPairCorr
  0.78GCBLX Green Century BalancedPairCorr
  0.91VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.91VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.9VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.93VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.93VIIIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr

Moving against Green Mutual Fund

  0.61PFN Pimco Income StrategyPairCorr
  0.37GCINX Green Century MsciPairCorr
  0.71JEEIX John Hancock EnduringPairCorr
  0.68PDI Pimco Dynamic IncomePairCorr
  0.67FBAHX Fidelity Advisor TacticalPairCorr
  0.63VFFIX Victory IncorePairCorr
  0.53TRLDX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.48LSIZX Columbia Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.44PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.42SDFAX Swan Defined RiskPairCorr
  0.42MNOZX Manning Napier OverseasPairCorr
  0.37XPPRX Voya Prime RatePairCorr
  0.95RYUHX Inverse Sp 500PairCorr
  0.75FIKPX Fidelity GovernmentPairCorr

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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 Green Mutual Fund performing well and Green Century 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 Green Century'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.