Hennessy Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Hennessy Small Cap and HUMANA INC is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Hennessy Small 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 Small Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Hennessy Small Cap and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hennessy Small Cap 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 Small Cap. 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 census.

Moving together with Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.91HICGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.72HICVX Hennessy Nerstone ValuePairCorr
  0.82HIMDX Hennessy Nerstone Mid Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.97HILFX Hennessy Large CapPairCorr
  0.65HILGX Hennessy Nerstone LargePairCorr
  0.97HLFNX Hennessy Large CapPairCorr
  0.9HMSFX Hennessy Bp MidstreamPairCorr
  0.9HMSIX Hennessy Bp MidstreamPairCorr
  0.72HNRGX Hennessy Bp EnergyPairCorr
  0.72HNRIX Hennessy Bp EnergyPairCorr
  1.0HSFNX Hennessy Small CapPairCorr
  0.83HTECX Hennessy TechnologyPairCorr
  0.83HTCIX Hennessy TechnologyPairCorr
  0.9HEIFX Hennessy Equity AndPairCorr
  0.9HEIIX Hennessy Equity AndPairCorr
  0.86GASFX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr
  0.72HFCVX Hennessy Nerstone ValuePairCorr
  0.91HFCGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.64HFLGX Hennessy Nerstone LargePairCorr
  0.82HFMDX Hennessy Nerstone Mid Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.86HGASX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr
  0.96VFAIX Vanguard Financials IndexPairCorr
  1.0FRBCX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.94JRGRX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.9PRISX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.96FIDCX Financial IndustriesPairCorr
  0.96JFDRX Financial IndustriesPairCorr
  0.9TFIFX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.95DVFYX Davis FinancialPairCorr
  0.95RPFGX Davis FinancialPairCorr
  0.95DFFCX Davis FinancialPairCorr

Moving against Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.44HJPNX Hennessy JapanPairCorr
  0.43HJPIX Hennessy JapanPairCorr
  0.32HJPSX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.31HJSIX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.77KF Korea ClosedPairCorr
  0.52BRUFX Bruce Fund BrucePairCorr

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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 Small 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 Small'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.