Great West Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Great West Lifeco and Sun Life Financial is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Great West moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Great West Lifeco moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Great West Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Great West Lifeco and DJI is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Great West Lifeco and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Great Stock performing well and Great West Company 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 Great West'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.

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