Hennessy Cornerstone Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Hennessy Nerstone Value and Hennessy Nerstone Growth is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Hennessy Cornerstone 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.

Hennessy Cornerstone Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Hennessy Nerstone Value and DJI is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hennessy Nerstone Value 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 Hennessy Nerstone Value. 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 real.

Moving together with Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.7HICVX Hennessy Nerstone ValuePairCorr
  0.75HBFBX Hennessy BalancedPairCorr
  0.97HDOGX Hennessy Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.77HEIFX Hennessy Equity AndPairCorr
  0.63HEIIX Hennessy Equity AndPairCorr
  0.78GASFX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr
  0.64VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.75DOXGX Dodge Cox StockPairCorr
  0.72AFMFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.72FFMMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.72FFFMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.72AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.64AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.7AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.73DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.63VIVAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr

Moving against Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.34HICGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.31HIMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.91PQTAX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.91PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.91PQTIX Aa Pimco TrPairCorr
  0.63GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.56HFMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.35HFCGX Hennessy Nerstone 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 Hennessy Mutual Fund performing well and Hennessy Cornerstone 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 Hennessy Cornerstone'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.