Hennessy Cornerstone Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Hennessy Nerstone Mid and Hennessy Focus Fund is -0.07 (i.e., Good 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

Good diversification

The correlation between Hennessy Nerstone Mid and DJI is -0.14 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hennessy Nerstone Mid 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 Mid. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.9HICGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.76HILFX Hennessy Large CapPairCorr
  0.76HILGX Hennessy Nerstone LargePairCorr
  0.86HISFX Hennessy Small CapPairCorr
  0.88HTECX Hennessy TechnologyPairCorr
  0.97VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.95DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.93PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.92PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.92TRZVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.95PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr

Moving against Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.66HDOGX Hennessy Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.64HJPSX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.64HJSIX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.5HGASX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr
  0.94UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.89USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.89USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.77BISMX Brandes InternationalPairCorr
  0.75USGDX Morgan Stanley GovernmentPairCorr
  0.73ABNOX Ab Bond InflationPairCorr
  0.72HRBDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.72ARBOX Absolute ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.69VICSX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.65PDI Pimco Dynamic Income Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.64FTCAX Templeton Strained BondPairCorr
  0.62GIOIX Guggenheim Macro OppPairCorr
  0.57UTF Cohen And SteersPairCorr
  0.56DLDFX Destinations Low DurationPairCorr

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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.